By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
About 1,000 persons have benefitted from a two-day free medical outreach organised by the Silver Cross Hospital, Abuja.
Persons from neighbouring communities of Gwagwa, Jiwa, Kagini, Timba, Finitobo and Saburi were
beneficiaries of the outreach that took place at Guidna Village, a community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
The beneficiaries received treatments for malaria, typhoid, hypertension, screening and vaccination for Hepatitis B and C, and HIV and AIDS screening as well as ultrasound scans, antenatal services, glucose checks, eye and dental checks, family planning services, and health talks, among others.
The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Patrick Ezie, Silver Cross Hospital, Abuja, explained that the outreach was part of activities to commemorate its first anniversary and to give back to its host community.
According to the Chief Medical Director, the medical intervention was also to complement the efforts of the government and to promote awareness of the importance of regular health checks.
He said, “What we are doing is to complement the efforts of the government, though the government has done its part with the primary health care centres, the functionality of these centres is abysmally low in the 20 to 30 per cent range.”
He added that what they are doing was more of supporting government, and in the future, they are looking at doing more of a public-private partnership with the government to see how they can help, as they are all doing these for the Nigerian people.
