DR. Aster Mobile clinic offers free medical checks in Dubai

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DR. Aster Mobile clinic offers free medical checks in Dubai. XPRESS visits the DR. Aster Mobile clinic in Dubai. Every day the 45 seater van sets off to various locations across the UAE to offer free medical checks for blue-collar workers.  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00It's 6.45pm and as the evening rush settles in Satwa, this 45-seater van has been converted

00:10into a mobile clinic. Dr. Aster Mobile, as it's fondly referred to, is part of a Doctors

00:17on Wheel program that was started by the Aster DM Healthcare in 2012 December. Every day

00:24the van with two doctors and two paramedicals on board sets off across various locations

00:31in the UAE to conduct free tests and check-ups for blue-collared workers. Many of them don't

00:38know that they have blood pressure and sugar. When we came to know, when we go there we

00:44conduct labour camps and they'll come here, they get checked and they find out that they

00:49got high blood pressure and they'll tell, no sir, I'm normal. Then I'll also find out

00:54that I have high blood pressure. Then we'll tell. No need to worry. What to do and what

00:59not to do. Aster DM Healthcare has three mobile clinics, one dedicated in UAE, Philippines

01:09and Jharkhand in India. More than 130,000 people have benefited in the UAE alone. It's

01:16time-saving. I was going for a walk and I saw that I'll be in a bit of a hurry.

01:21It's a free service. We also have a free service here. I have BP. I'll get it checked.

01:32The mobile clinic is not just a doctor on wheel,

01:35but a guardian angel for many. This is Anjana Kumar for Express.

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