Free Health Check- up Camp organized during International Women’s Day at Amity

Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida Campus celebrated International Women’s Day 2025 on the theme “Accelerate Action.” As part of the celebrations, Girl Up Gauravi in collaboration with Prima Care Clear Medi Multispecialty Hospital, Noida, organized a ‘Free Health Checkup Camp for Girls and Women’, with the aim to identify health problems at an early stage to prevent further complications and educate women about various health issues. Girl up Gauravi was founded by the United Nations Foundation (UN) in 2010 as an initiative for the upliftment of adolescent girls. Over 200 students and faculty of Amity got their health check-ups done at the camp.

On this occasion Dr. Manisha Saxena, Gynaecologist, Prima Care Clear Medi Multispecialty Hospital, provided information about PCOD, breast cancer, cervical cancer, anaemia, pregnancy and other relevant women’s health issues, their causes, symptoms, and prevention methods. Psychologist Dr. Aastha Raina addressed the women regarding the importance of mental health. Physiotherapist Dr. Sudiksha Dutta, deliberated upon muscular and body pain in women and its treatment and Nutritionist Dr. Aakriti Chaudhary shared useful information regarding balanced and nutritional diet for women.

Addressing the gathering on this occasion, Chief Guest, Shri Vijendra Gupta Ji, Hon’ble Speaker, Delhi Vidhan Sabha, stated, “Women’s Day is a day to celebrate the achievements of women and pay tribute to them for their unconditional support, nurturing and caring attitude and their unbelievable strength and resilience to face every situation courageously. Women have achieved remarkable success in every field including sports, politics, science, medical, technology, defence and all other sectors. Every day should be celebrated as Women’s Day since we can see their contribution in our day to day lives and  it is our collective responsibility to ensure women’s safety and security so that they can live their lives with respect and dignity.”

During the Week-long celebrations, various events on topics such as “Women in Diplomacy”, “Empowering women over health concern”, “Women in Science: Is it a level playing field”, “Women’s Creative Arts & Designing”, “She Innovates: Women Leaders in AI and Science” and many others will be organized by various domains such as Engineering & Technology, Biotechnology, Visual Arts, Health and Allied Sciences amongst others.