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653 patients checked by mobile teams on first dayTribune News ServiceJalandhar, August 23A step initiated by the state government to extend help to flood-affected villages of the district via boats proved beneficial for an expectant mother who was evacuated by a mobile team and admitted to a Community Health Centre, Lohian. Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said on the directions of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, mobile teams had been constituted for helping people of marooned villages. He said one of the mobile teams received a call that Mithri Devi (30) from Mehrajwala was facing severe pain. The Deputy Commissioner said the team rescued the pregnant woman from the village on a boat and after giving her first aid brought her to the Community Health Centre, Lohian. He said she was 32 weeks and seven days pregnant..