The Rotary Club of Abuja Federal and the Silver Cross Hospital, Abuja, has organised free medical outreach for no fewer than 200 women and children in Kpaduma community in the FCT.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries received treatments for malaria, typhoid, hypertension, screening and vaccination for Hepatitis B and C, and HIV and AIDS screening.
Others are ultrasound scans, antenatal services, family planning services, and health talks, among others.
Ms Emike Aken’ova, President, Rotary Club of Abuja Federal, said the outreach was the club’s committment to provide humanitarian services to hard to reach communities as well as vulnerable groups in the FCT.
She said that it was also organised to complement governments’ efforts in the provision of basic healthcare services.
“As Rotary Club, our aim is to touch lives irrespective of the part of the country the beneficiaries come from, this is because we want people in rural communities to have access to medical services as this.
“With the economic situation in the country, it may be difficult for these category of people to go for regular health checks, that is why we brought this to them.
“We know the importance of having health checks and as a club, we have resolved to touch the lives of everyone, irrespective of their social class,” she said.
Also speaking, Dr Patrick Ezie, Chief Medical Director of Silver Cross Hospital explained that the hospital was out to serve the people, especially the less- privileged’s health needs.
“We noticed that most of them are living below the poverty level. So even though we run a facility, we try as much as possible to provide medical services to them, that is why we decided to partner with the Rotary Club so that those that cannot access hospital services can benefit from the outreach.
“All this is done to detect any health problems they may have early and to give the community a healthier position of living so that they are not caught up with emergency situations,” he said.
Mrs Blessing Dogo, a beneficiary appreciated the club and the hospital for the medical outreach, adding that it had reduced the burden of transportation and financial strain of accessing the hospital outside their community.