By; ISAAC ODEH, Kaduna
As part of its corporate social responsibility, the Rotary Club, Kaduna Metropolitan of District 9125, has carried out a medical outreach covering seven ailments.
Speaking at the outreach, President of Rotary Club, Kaduna Metropolitan of District 9125, Rotarian John Oladeji said that their club is known for rendering humanitarian services.
“We here today for a medical outreach. Rotary Club is largest humanitarian organization in the world and we are known for doing good around the world .
“We have chosen to reach people that are within our immediate environment.
“We are calling out on people to come and benefit from this medical outreach, which comprises treatment and giving of free drugs as well as testing,” he said.
According to him, their focus is actually on testing and treating malaria, typhoid, ulcer and checking blood pressure levels, diabetes and testing for HIV.
“We are doing this because health is very important.
“We have seven areas of focus and three are in health.
“From the little we have, we have decided to help,” he said.
Also speaking, Rotarian Iliyasu Yusuf a member of Rotary Kaduna Metropolitan said that the medical outreach is targeted at patients with ailments.
“We have a large number in terms of turnout and we are expecting more people to come.
“It is going to be a continuous annual event.
“We have seven areas of focus, including, environment, health, education, water, less privileged.
“Rotary organization needs support from government and non governmental organizations,” he said.
Mrs Irene Machimo, a member of Rotary Club Kaduna Metropolitan said that theirs is an international organization that renders free humanitarian services.
“All the medical items and drugs you see here were donated by our members and some private organizations in Kaduna.
“We are checking blood pressure, sugar levels, ulcer, malaria and typhoid. We also have COVID vaccination.
“We discovered that lots of people have ailments and everything we are doing is free.
“We are urging other NGOs to come out and help members of the community.
“We urge government to take issues of health very seriously,” she said.
She explained that during the outreach, they are giving out free drugs and educating on health tips.
“Everything we got here was donated free,” she added.
