By Patrick Ochei
ANIOMA ASSOCIATION US, GEORGIA CHAPTER has perfected it’s plans to hold a free medical outreach for the people of ILLAH community, in Oshimili North LGA of Delta state, on Saturday 24th February,2024
This activity which is sponsored by the Anioma Association US, Georgia Chapter, USA is part of their community social responsibility and will be in collaboration with Anioma Medical Professionals Forum inc.
The medical mission which will take place at Illah Comprehensive Health Centre, will be a comprehensive one, with a projection of about 500 patients to be attended to for various medical treatments.
In a chat with the Chairman of Anioma Medical Professionals Forum (AMPF), Dr. Alexander Chidubem Awunor on their level of preparedness, he commended the US based group for adequately indicating their interest and readiness to sponsor the medical programme as part of their give back to their communities back home.
He confirmed that there was already a visit to the Ogbelani of Illah and he had already assured them of the community’s readiness to host the medical team.
Dr. Awunor also said that the President General of Illah Development Union, Ogbuenyi Tony Nwaegbu was equally alerted of the plans of the Medical Team to carry out the proposed project by the Anioma Association, Georgia Chapter, and that he gave his unalloyed cooperation and assurance for the programme to go on.
The AMPF’s Chairman further affirmed that the outreach would cover comprehensive healthcare packages such as health and nutritional talks, consultations, counselling, basic laboratory tests (malaria, blood sugar, urinalysis), eye screening, dispensing of eye lenses, drugs dispensing, adequate referrals.
Awunor confirmed that all the above healthcare services would be rendered free of charge to every patient that presents him or herself for treatment, thereby describing the forthcoming programme as one free medical mission that would be remembered in a long time.
Meanwhile, in their earlier media release, the Chairman, Medical Committee of Anioma Association U.S, Georgia chapter Dr. Fred Osayi, had hinted on the plans of the Association to have majority of Anioma communities covered under this health initiative for the rural populace of Anioma.
Dr. Osayi had commended the Medical Team partners for the great voluntary job they are doing towards making medical services accessible by the people, indicating the Association’s readiness to adequately savage the people of Anioma from poverty of health.
