The TANKER Awareness and Prevention Program (TAPP) team of TANKER Foundation trekked all the way to a village in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, to hold a screening camp for the villagers of Pallipettai, Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Date: 5.4.2025
Place: Village panchayat office, Pallipettai, Chengalpattu district
Venue: Village panchayat office, Pallipettai, Sendivakkam, Tamil Nadu 603319
Number of participants: 52 members of the community
Tests performed: BMI, BP, capillary blood glucose, urine and creatinine test
Doctor Dr. Elango
TAPP team: Mr. Hemeshwaran and Mrs. Deepa
Volunteers: Mrs. Bhuvana, Ms. Adilakshmi
Remarks: Villagers Pallipettai, located in Sendivakkam, Chengalpattu district participated in the screening camp held in the panchayat office there.

Four people were found to have diabetes, and eight had high blood pressure.

Also, it was detected that the random blood sugar of eight people was more than 140. There were six referrals.

Dr. Elango provided dietary advice to the general public based on the test results.