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VMC programme on elephantiasis

The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) will organise a programme to distribute DEC (diethylcarbamazine) tablets, a medicine used in treating elephantiasis, in the city on Wednesday.

The corporation is distributing the tablets as part of national programme to prevent elephantiasis.

The programme will be launched at Giripuram Urban Health Centre at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

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