Mrs. Ada Imoni, the State Coordinator, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says on Wednesday in Gombe that no fewer than 1,240 persons have benefited from a four-day free medical treatment initiated by the scheme in the State under its 2021 Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD), conducted between June 21 and 25.
Imoni said that free healthcare services, drugs and health education were provided to the beneficiaries at Kwadon community in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of the state.
She said the exercise recorded significant successes in view of the number of people treated in the medical outreach, added that health education was designed to educate rural dwellers on how to make informed decisions about their health.
“The gesture was geared towards improving the well-being of rural dwellers for sustainable social and economic development in the country. Four persons were being referred to the Gombe State Teaching Hospital for further investigation and treatment.”
“It will go a long way in line with the desire of the NYSC towards improving the wellbeing of rural dwellers through the improvement of their health status to ensure national development,” Imoni said.
She thanked the state government for its support and the Council’s Chairman, Alhaji Shuaibu Galadima as well as the District Head of Kwando, Mohammed Abubakar, for providing meals to the patients during the exercise.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Sadiya Mohammed, who was diagnosed with malaria and received free drugs, described the intervention as timely in view of the economic challenges preventing the people from accessing quality healthcare services at the grassroots.
The NYSC had deployed over 50 corps medical volunteers comprising Physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, dentists, opticians, pharmacists, medical laboratory scientists and nutritionists among others for the exercise.
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