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Nada Acudetox Camp for elderly people of Mundka Village Delhi

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By Nada India
Nada India in collaboration with Nai Kiran Peer led program at Mundka  organised successfully NADA Acudetox  Camp for well-being . Dr.Vikram gave talk on health  issues among elderly population living in urbanized villages of Delhi. Health check up was conducted by Dr.Vikram and Acudetox was given to more than fifteen senior citizens. Senior citizens also visited Nai Kiran Peer led De-addiction Center in Narela village.The purpose of the visit was community participation in  treatment and rehabilitation of  drug users from the village.  All of them appreciated the efforts of Nai Kiran and Nada India  in bringing back the smile on the faces of thousands drug users and their family members. All the elderly people shared their interest in volunteering for this cause in future too. 

  All is not well with for the aged as per TOI reports 

......."Lack of awareness about human rights among the aged is one of the major reasons of ever-increasing cases of violation of the rights of the elderly. The study reveals that in the capital region about three-fourth of the respondents had never heard of human rights of the elderly. Only 24.3 per cent of the elderly were aware of their basic basic human rights....
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