NO fewer than 300 people from Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State have benefited from free medical outreach organised by a non-governmental organisation, Rotary Club of Abeokuta Metropolitan, under the aegis of Rotary Club International.
A community health programme which took place at Ake Royal Health Centre/Community, Abeokuta, tagged ‘Rotary Family Health Days (RFHD)’ carried out various free services such as polio immunisation, malaria screening and treatment, HIV testing and counseling, hepatitis B and C, diabetes and glucose level screening, de-worming of children, breast cancer screening, among others.
Speaking at the event, chairperson of RFHD, Bisayo Oyekan-Ogundeji said the programme was annual, aimed at saving the lives of the people living with communicable and non-communicable diseases in the community.
She said: “The programme is one of the largest medical public/private partnerships in the world, with the support and guidance from RFHA, government, the private sector and NGOs built to sustain the valuable health programme.”
She stressed that the programme had created awareness for the people to know their health status and providing solution to their health challenges.
Lending his voice, former president of Rotary Club of Abeokuta Metropolitan, Aremu Babatunde indicated that the programme was one the pillars of the organisation, providing free healthcare services to the people in the community with no charges attached or attracted.
Babatunde restated that people’s wellness in society was the club’s topmost priority, especially for the low income earner, pregnant women, the underprivileged, indigents, children and the aged people.
“Rotary Club provides an organisational service and work closely with national, community health officials and NGOs to provide the medical services free of charge for the poor people within the community,” he said.
The public health physician, Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Adedayo Oludolamu applauded the beneficiaries for the large turnout, urging them to take good care of their health, seeking medical attention when the need arises.
While appreciating on behalf of other beneficiaries, Mrs Abosede Kehinde and Mr Kamorudeen Olaleye commended the organisation for the initiative, promised to use the drugs being given as prescribed.
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