Mega FREE Medical Check-up camp on 13 and 14 May at St Mary’s Hospital, Parnaka, Vasai West

VASAI: St Mary Advance Care Hospital situated at Parnaka, Hathi Mohalla, Vasai West is conducting a mega FREE medical check-up camp within the hospital premises itself, on Saturday and Sunday, 13th and 14th May and has offered over 100 different diagnostic and pathological tests free for Vasaikars or residents of Vasai on the two days.

The recently-relaunched St Mary Advance Care hospital is now under the management and supervision of Dr Pranav Kabra, an MD Physician, with over 20 years experience from Mumbai, who also runs three more hospitals in the Mumbai Metropolitan region, including one at Mira Road.

According to Dr Pranav Kabra, the aim of the FREE health camp is to enable Vasaikars to avail of the best diagnostic and pathological tests without having to worry about exorbitant bills. “We have relaunched the St Mary Advance Care Hospital with a completely new team of doctors and medical and nursing staff. We are equipped with a state-of-the-art lab for testing and our team of doctors are at par (in terms of expertise and experience) with the best in other well-known and reputed hospitals in Mumbai. When it comes to Vasai, we will be able to offer the best medical care to patients at very reasonable budgets,” a spokesperson for the hospital said.

“We are doing advanced tests like Liver Function Test (LFT), HbA1c, Uric Acid Test, ECG, Creatinine test, Vitamin B12, as well as testing basic parameters like blood pressure, SpO2 (oxygen concentration in the blood), random blood sugar, BMI, etc.,” the hospital said in a statement, adding that patients can WhatsApp their name, contact number, age and address to 8169903571 to book a test slot, specifying the test they wish to avail off. “We have limited test slots, so of course, it is on first-come-first-served basis,” the press note said.

The St Mary Advance Care Hospital intends to test residents for lifestyle diseases like diabetes, obesity, hypertension, depression, as well as for cardiac, gastro, ENT, liver, kidney and other ailments and diseases.

“We want a healthy and happy Vasai,” says Dr Kabra who believes in the old saying – health is wealth.