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On the ocassion of the International Day of older persons, the city government's Health Department organised special health camps in 24 of its hospitals.
A large number of senior citizens were handed over spectacles and hearing aids by Health Minister Ashok Kumar Walia and East Delhi MP Sandeep Dikshit.
"Due to availability of quality health services across Delhi during the last decade, the average longevity has gone up substantially. The population of persons over the age of 60 years has tripled in the last five decades in India," he said.
In Delhi, there were about 8 lakh senior citizens during 2001, which has increased to 14 lakh as of know.
He said government has constituted a Arogaya Nidhi Kosh to help needy persons for their treatment and operation.
"Further, government is all set to provide dialysis services at a large number of centres and free ambulance services underJanani Shishu Suraksha Yojna. Government is also committed to ensuring that the poor do not face any difficulty in getting free treatment and free bed in private hospitals," he said
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