The free health care which was organized in conjunction with Akwa Ibom State Association of Nigeria (AKISAN), Florida Chapter and Ibom community health alliance brought over 40 health workers including physicians, nurses, pharmacists and others to provide non surgical
medical services to hundreds of people in the area.
Among the services carried out included hypertension check, diabetes check, malaria, breast and prostate checks and aches and pains screening. Others included, HIVS/AIDS screening, ulcers and other
infections.
Commending the kind gesture, Chief Walter Samuel Adiakpan said, the exercise was being experienced in the clan for the
first time, thanking the donor for remembering the community from far
away Florida.
“It is a good, it is a new development; we have not seen this before in this area because our daughter overseas remembered us and decided to bring this to her people in the village, it is a commendable feat.
“It is something that should be continued periodically as such will give us that sense of belonging; we are grateful to our daughter; the medication given to us are good because the volunteer doctors are known to us to be good ones, I advised other Awa Afaha sons and daughter to emulate this kind gesture by bringing good things they see
outside to the village”.
Speaking w on what motivated her into taking to this venture, she said it had always been her long aged desire to give back to her root. According to her, once people are healthy, they will remain happy for a better future.
“As a proud daughter of Awa Afaha clan, I thought necessary to come back and give back to my root and give them opportunity for medical check-up and make sure they are in healthy condition.
I feel people who are healthy are stronger, so with the little resources we have, we
can make a difference.
“I am so impressed with the turn out, I least expected this, but I am happy because I have a volunteer of medical team that is able to cope with the turn out, we have to provide and help the people for this is
first time, it is one day subsequent exercise will be for one week”.
“It is important to give back to the society, if we go out, it is the responsibility of everybody to come back and provide a service to the people, this is a non surgical free healthcare scheme, the goal is
that it will include surgical in future,’’ she said.
According to Dr. Taiwo Jacobs who coordinated other volunteer medical
team, the exercise was a success as more than 2000 persons came out for the checks in different areas.
Expressing his joy, the clan head of Awa Afaha Clan, Etebom Raymond Inyang expressed delight over the laudable programme, saying it was a show of love for the people of the area by the organizers.
The royal father who thanked Care Bridge foundation and its partners
hoped that the programme would be extended to the entire local
government area in future.
According to him, the idea to provide the community with free healthcare came when he visited the US in September this year adding that he found an indigene of the area, Ini Ray Inyang who was ready
and willing to bring her expertise and resource to bear on the scheme.
“We have never had this kind of programme before; it is something that
should be done periodically to give the people a sense of belonging.
We are grateful to the organizers of this noble cause.
“This is the first time, this is done in very private basis I pray that it continues; I did not know that we can have this crowd, next
time I think we will have more days. I want to say thank you to all the volunteer doctors and nurses, it is a great experience”, he said.
Among those who benefited from the scheme were village heads who were
given special attention, women, children, men and youths who turned up
in their numbers.
Majority of the beneficiary who spoke thanked the sponsor and organizers for the kind gesture, stressing that, the drugs
given to them would help them for sometimes as such has made many
people to access medical treatment; noting that, lack of money can sometimes cause person to die when it was not time for them to die.
It was gathered from the health workers during the exercise that the most prevalent ailments during the one-day free health screening and treatment were malaria, diabetes and hypertension.
A 24-year old housewife, Eka Ntiedo Akpan whose daughter was treated and given some drugs thanked the organizers for the magnanimity and asked for more of such services in future.
can make a difference.
“I am so impressed with the turn out, I least expected this, but I am happy because I have a volunteer of medical team that is able to cope with the turn out, we have to provide and help the people for this is
first time, it is one day subsequent exercise will be for one week”.
“It is important to give back to the society, if we go out, it is the responsibility of everybody to come back and provide a service to the people, this is a non surgical free healthcare scheme, the goal is
that it will include surgical in future,’’ she said.
According to Dr. Taiwo Jacobs who coordinated other volunteer medical
team, the exercise was a success as more than 2000 persons came out for the checks in different areas.
Expressing his joy, the clan head of Awa Afaha Clan, Etebom Raymond Inyang expressed delight over the laudable programme, saying it was a show of love for the people of the area by the organizers.
The royal father who thanked Care Bridge foundation and its partners
hoped that the programme would be extended to the entire local
government area in future.
According to him, the idea to provide the community with free healthcare came when he visited the US in September this year adding that he found an indigene of the area, Ini Ray Inyang who was ready
and willing to bring her expertise and resource to bear on the scheme.
“We have never had this kind of programme before; it is something that
should be done periodically to give the people a sense of belonging.
We are grateful to the organizers of this noble cause.
“This is the first time, this is done in very private basis I pray that it continues; I did not know that we can have this crowd, next
time I think we will have more days. I want to say thank you to all the volunteer doctors and nurses, it is a great experience”, he said.
Among those who benefited from the scheme were village heads who were
given special attention, women, children, men and youths who turned up
in their numbers.
Majority of the beneficiary who spoke thanked the sponsor and organizers for the kind gesture, stressing that, the drugs
given to them would help them for sometimes as such has made many
people to access medical treatment; noting that, lack of money can sometimes cause person to die when it was not time for them to die.
It was gathered from the health workers during the exercise that the most prevalent ailments during the one-day free health screening and treatment were malaria, diabetes and hypertension.
A 24-year old housewife, Eka Ntiedo Akpan whose daughter was treated and given some drugs thanked the organizers for the magnanimity and asked for more of such services in future.
AMAZING!!!ALWAYS WONDERFUL TO GIVE BACK
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