Malabar Gold & Diamonds conducts free health check-up and provides free medicines to the needy in Association with Ministry of Health& Prevention - Fujairah & Sharjah

Announcement

• Over 800 got benefited from Free Health Check-up & Medicine provided.

Dubai, UAE, August 7, 2016:   Malabar Gold & Diamonds, one of the leading jewellery group with over 155 retail outlets globally organized a free medical camp in association with Ministry of Health & Prevention - Fujairah & Sharjah, Aster clinic, Emirates Medical Student Society, Al Afya Medical Centre Sharjah, Ahlan Dental Medical Centre, Dear Health Medical Center, PACCS and other likeminded organizations on 5th August, Friday, 2016 at the Al Sadeq Services center in the Middle East labor camp, Fujairah, UAE.

Aiming to ensure the quality health care accessible to everyone, Malabar Gold & Diamonds has been conducting several such health checkup camps in different parts of the Middle East in association with like-minded organizations as a part of their CSR activities. Over 800 residents benefitted from the camp.

Commenting on the initiative, Mr Shamlal Ahamed M P, Managing Director - International Operations, said ‘We, Malabar Group is always in forefront when it comes to CSR right from the beginning. We have kept aside 5% of our profit for the CSR activities in all the regions where we operates. We are pleased to participate in this noble cause and we thank Ministry of Health & Prevention - Fujairah & Sharjah, Aster clinic, Emirates Medical Student Society, Al Afya Medical Centre Sharjah, Ahlan Dental Medical Centre, Dear Health Medical Center, PACCS for their whole hearted support. 

This facility was open to the public and was offered free consultations and diagnosis by expert doctors including General Practitioners & Dentists. They used the facility to check Blood Sugar, Blood pressure, Multi-functional weighing scale and could undergo physical examination. Through this camp, they raised the awareness by educating the public to follow a well-balanced diet for a healthy living and expert dentist have provided basic education on dental care. Bone density assessments and non- smoking awareness programs was conducted as a part of the event.

The group supports many philanthropic activities and is always ready to take initiatives to help the deprived section in the society. The key focus areas of the CSR initiatives of Malabar Group are in the areas of Health, Education, Women Empowerment, Housing and Environment.The group, which currently has showrooms across GCC, India, Malaysia and Singapore undertakes several welfare activities with the association of like-minded organizations in the respective regions. The organization ensures that a fixed percentage of its net profit is used for CSR activities every year and these projects of Malabar Gold & Diamonds have touched the lives of thousands of people.