By Blessing Odega
The various Rotary clubs in Jos, under the District 9125, have commenced a three days free medical outreach for residents in Jos-Bukuru metropolis.
The clubs comprise Jos Central, South, Metro, Utan, Tin city and Jos town.
Mr Dag Osaignyo, Coordinator, Rotary Family Health, on Wednesday in Jos, said the three days outreach commenced on Tuesday.
It is in commemoration of the Rotary Club’s Polio Week and Rotary’s way of reaching out to the society, to ensure that the less privileged have access to free medical services.
Osaignyo, who was represented by Mrs Sarah Agboyo, said the outreach was holding simultaneously at Hwolshe Primary Health Center, Federal Low-cost Health Centre and in Kabong.
It is also aimed at supporting the elderly and the indigents .
“It is our desire to see that residents of Jos-Bukuru metropolis have access to basic health services,” he said.
He called on other philanthropists and humanitarian organisations to adopt the act of giving back to the society by reaching out to the indigents with basic health services, among others.
Also, Mrs Tani Gwamzhi, Director Primary Health Care in Jos South Local Government Area, commended the club for its laudable service of conducting robust free medical outreach aimed at assisting the indigents.
A beneficiary, Mr Pam Dung, a 70 years old, at the Hwolshe Primary Health Centre, one of the centres for the outreach, thanked Rotary for the outreach which had enabled him to check his sight for cataract.
Similarly, Mrs Anita Macha, another beneficiary, appreciated the organisers and said the outreach had given her the opportunity to get checked for breast cancer.
It further enabled her child to get dewormed and tested for malaria.
She said the outreach provided succor to the people in her community.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the medical services offered included malaria testing and treatment, hepatitis B and C testing, HIV testing and counseling, cataract test, dental care, tuberculosis test, sugar level test, hypertension checks, breast cancer screening, and the distribution of sanitary pads.
NAN also reports that pregnant women were given free insecticidal treated mosquito nets, children were dewormed and also given vitamin A.
The outreach commenced on Tuesday, to end on Thursday. NAN