MCWB Hosts Ashoka Health Camp 2026 in Collaboration with Blue Circle Medi Services

From 2nd to 4th November, 2026, the Ministry of Community Well Being (MCWB) organised a Health Camp. This edition of the Campus Care Week was organised in collaboration with Blue Circle Medi Services. Open to faculty, staff and students, the camp provided free consultations with experienced doctors and highly subsidised testing in collaboration with Dr. Lal Pathlabs. 

MCWB sourced doctors based on an interest form circulated earlier to the student body.  In conversation with The Edict, Ishana Kandhari (UG ’29), Head of Physical Health at the MCWB, said that a major difference between the camp this year was its extended duration – from 2 to 3 days – intended to provide all students access to doctors. The doctors present included a Gynaecologist, Dermatologist, Dentist, Orthopedist, General Physician, Ophthalmologist (Eye Specialist) and Nutritionist. Doctors were spread across the days such that each specialist visited the campus at least twice. Subsidised testing facilities included blood tests, thyroid tests and vitamin D tests, among others.

The camp was set up in the common space of Residence Hall 2, with students who volunteered for different time slots. Health camp volunteer, Samaya Pahwa (UG ’30), explained that each consultation lasted over 15 minutes and doctors had dedicated teams and testing equipment to ensure consultations were thorough and fruitful 

According to MCWB data, the camp had a total of 418 attendees and 753 consultations across 3 days. The attendees included 66% students and 34% staff and faculty.

[Edited by Ananya Mahnot and Anamta Hussain.]