The Healthy Ageing India in association with the Rotary Club International and the AIIMS will be launching a mobile health van to provide a comprehensive healthcare at the doorsteps to destitute elderly people residing in old-age homes in the National Capital Region (NCR).

The mobile van will be launched on October 1, which is being celebrated as the International Day of Older Persons. It will be equipped with a doctor, trained in geriatric medicine from Ayurveda, a physiotherapist, a nurse and a lab technician, said Dr Prasoon Chatterjee, assistant professor at the Department of Geriatrics, AIIMS. Chatterjee is also the founder president of the Healthy Ageing India.