The one-day camp shut two hours early, leaving thousands stranded

The Maha Arogya Shibir or Maha Medical Camp, organised by the North Mumbai BJP at a Malwani ground, and touted by the party to be the biggest free general medical camp in the history of Mumbai, turned out to be a damp squib. North Mumbai BJP president Vinod Shelar, who hosted the camp yesterday, had claimed it was dedicated to improving the health of the poor living in the (north Mumbai) region. According to sources, the BJP had claimed that more than 2 lakh patients would be checked by 2,000 experienced doctors and paramedical staff, and medicines worth more than R2 crore would be distributed. But the ground reality was different.