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.
01:46you
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