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NYSC flags off  2020 free medical mission for rural dwellers in Anambra

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Members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC

Maduako Igbokwe l Friday, February 21, 2020

ONITSHA, Anambra, Nigeria – Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Anambra state chapter  have  treated over 2, 300 people at the flagged of  its 2020  free medical outreach for rural dwellers  in the  state.

Flagging off the programme  titled ” Anambra state Health Initiative for Rural  dwellers at the  Community Secondary School Omuoba-Anam in Anambra East Local Government Area  on Thursday, the  ​ State NYSC coordinator, Mr Kehinde Aremu said  that the Initiative was designed to deliver  healthcare services to the poor and vulnerables in the state.

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The free  medical outreach  attracted over 2,300 local people, majorly farmers and fishermen. According to Aremu, the programme was part of the NYSC Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD) programme across the country to help the poor and vulnerables to access  free medical treatment at no cost.

He said, the   scheme was  mobilising corps members to provide healthcare services to their host communities, especially the poor and vulnerables. According to him, the medical intervention programme would go  across the 21 local government areas of the state, and people would be  diagnosised for illness and be treated.

Aremu further said that the scheme has also impacted positively on the state through Community Development Services (SDS), particularly in the area of primary healthcare   Services delivery.

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He  also appealed to the benefiting communities to cooperate with the Corps members by availing themselves for  the free medical services.

Commending  the NYSC, the  Transaction Committee Chairman, of Anambra East Council Area, Hon. Obi Nweke thanked the scheme for the good gesture which he said would reduce the suffering rural dwellers undergo to access  healthcare services.

Our correspondent gathered that various diseases such as malaria, diabetes, cholera and typhoid and eye problems were diagnosed and  treated during the outreach.

The programme attracted personalities among include,the   Traditional Ruler of Omuoba-Anam, Igwe Judge Aakwenonu and the President General of the community, Chief Morba Omenwa Victor who described  the NYSC medical outreach as a welcome development and  called on wealthy individuals in the state, government and private organisations to emulate the gesture.

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