The East­ern Lawyers As­so­ci­a­tion held an­oth­er free le­gal and health clin­ic at the Ari­ma Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre on An­gli­can Street, Ari­ma, this past Sat­ur­day.

Res­i­dents of Ari­ma re­ceived free le­gal aid and health care, in­clud­ing blood pres­sure tests and dengue screen­ing.

Ari­ma May­or Bal­li­ram Ma­haraj said he was pleased with the large turnout of young at­tor­neys rep­re­sent­ing the as­so­ci­a­tion. “It’s rare to see this lev­el of ded­i­ca­tion, and the lawyers de­serve com­men­da­tion for their ini­tia­tive,” he said.

He en­cour­aged the at­tor­neys to con­tin­ue help­ing those in need, not­ing, “When you give with one hand, you re­ceive with the oth­er.”

At­tor­ney Jairam Seemu­n­gal, a for­mer gov­ern­ment MP, praised the clin­ic’s suc­cess as well.

He thanked all the sup­port­ing agen­cies for their con­tri­bu­tions, which helped make the event a suc­cess.