A mobile clinic to provide free preventive screening for early detection of non-communicable diseases (NCD) to the underprivileged was launched in Chennai on July 10 by Samsung India Electronics and Apollo Hospitals.

Equipped with high-end technology, the clinic would also have a consultant to advise patients, diagnosed with NCDs, on how to go about it, a statement from Apollo said. The 'Samsung-Apollo Mobile Clinic' is targeted to win over NCDs by driving awareness and through early detection and preventive screening, the statement said, adding "people in rural areas will receive free-of-cost access to primary screening."

"Together, both the organisations will now ensure they will reach citizens by creating access to quality prevention and early detection services right at their doorsteps," Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, who inaugurated the clinic, was quoted as saying in the statement. Apollo Hospitals Group Chairman Dr. Prathap C Reddy and Samsung Manufacturing Plant(Chennai) MD Jae Young Yang also took part in the event.