A medical camp organised by an NGO has thrown up a worrying statistic: Nearly 95% of the traffic police personnel who came to the camp had one or more diseases or disorders.

The free check-up camp, held in Byculla and organised by NGO Humanitarian Welfare and Research Foundation and IDMA, saw 225 of the 3,400 traffic police personnel in the city in attendance on Saturday. Doctors from the JJ and Nair hospitals were surprised to find that nearly 95% of the personnel were suffering from one or more of the following: obesity, heart problems, abnormal blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, calcium deficiency and anaemia. “This was a routine check up for our staff but the number of diseases that the doctors found left us all shocked. Our staff members work day and night for the welfare of the motorists,” said a traffic official.