Drug De-addiction camp held

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, June 8: A drug de-addiction counselling cum treatment camp was Wednesday organized by the state police at SMHS Hospital.
 “The camp was conducted by drug de-addiction center Police Control Room in association with City police,” a police handout said.
 “Large numbers of patients suffering from drug abuse problems were treated. Sr Superintendent of Police, Srinagar Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari also visited the De-addiction Camp,” it added.
 Experts from Police Drug de-addiction Centre, specialists from Stress Management Helpline, Government psychiatric diseases hospital provided “free counselling and treatment to patients with sleep problems, tension, anger out bursts, depression, substance abuse like codine phosphate, spasmo-Proxyvon, cannabis, alcohol.”
 Besides a free Ophthalmologist check up was also offered to the patients.
 “A total of 124 patients were treated, 27 cases were detected as addiction cases.”
  The police Drug De-addiction Centre has been “spearheading the anti drugs campaign in the valley and is running a full fledged de-addiction centre.”

Lastupdate on : Wed, 8 Jun 2011 21:30:00 Makkah time
Lastupdate on : Wed, 8 Jun 2011 18:30:00 GMT
Lastupdate on : Thu, 9 Jun 2011 00:00:00 IST



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