No fewer than three hundred and ninety-eight persons benefitted from the free medical outreach organized by the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, for people of Umuoba-Anam Community in Anambra East local government.
Speaking on the free medical outreach with the theme, “Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers”, the state NYSC Coordinator, Mr.
Kehinde Aremu, said it was in response to the rate of maternal related deaths among the poor and rural people most of which were avoidable.
Mr. Aremu said based on this, the NYSC engaged the services of Corps doctors and other medical related graduates to reach out to those in need.
According to him, malaria has the highest number of cases with one hundred and sixteen, followed by hypertension, diabetes and osteoarthritis, which recorded eighty-seven, sixty-two and thirty-nine cases respectively.
Others were childhood diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, suspected tuberculosis, anemia, hepatitis, and jaw tumors among others.
He said that a total of one hundred and ninety-four patients were referred to specialist hospitals for follow up due to the nature of their ailments, while eighty mosquito nets were distributed to pregnant women, nursing mothers, under-five children and the elderly.
Mr. Aremu, who commended the corps members for their dedication to service, described them as very qualified to give the best medical services promising that the medical outreach would be a continuous exercise
He thanked the people for the massive turnout and their cooperation towards the success of the outreach.
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