By: Kamsiyo Ozor
Rotary Club International District 9142 Enugu state has brought succour to different communities as it provided drugs, mosquito nets, and HIV/AIDS counseling to rural dwellers.
Briefing newsmen at Ohom Orba in Udenu Local Government Area, Enugu State Coordinator Rotn. Chinyere Onyia said the 3 day free health outreach captured residents in different locations, stressing that the aim was to give back to the public and ensure access to quality care.
Rotn. Onyia said that residents in the areas visited during the 3 day free medical outreach put together by Rotary international club to ensure basic good healthcare at communities in the state.
The Enugu state Coordinator however charged residents to take advantage of the 3 day free medical services, HIV/AIDs counseling, hapaties B’ and C’ tests, drugs dispensary to boost their healthcare.
Rotn. Onyia also said the free health outreach programme had been carried out in other states in the country, adding that doctors, nurses and other health participants joined hands in the 3 day free medical services in the state.
“We carried out malaria screening and dispense drugs, vitamins A’ admistration, hepatitis B’and C’, warm expeller, check temperature, cervical cancer screening, sugar level tests, distributed mosquito nets among others. We equally distributed sanitary pads, HIV/AIDS counseling, hepatitis “B and C” counselling, diabetes and glucose screening, dental care and eye test” she noted.
