Foundation support 3,629 people with medical care in Kwara

No fewer than 3,629 people have benefited from the medical outreach organised by Ask the Paediatrician Foundation.

Gbemisola Boyede, the Chief Executive Officer CEO of the Foundation, who disclosed this said the aim of the medical outreach which was held recently in Abuja, Abeokuta, Kwara, Abia and Lagos States simultaneously, was to avail indigent communities where children has limited access to paediatricians to access medical facilities and seek medical attention.

She said, “We usually do two outreaches every year for indigent communities. This year we decided to expand as we always have lot of people asking us to come to their communities.”

Boyede noted that the Foundation which started as a Facebook group decided to go beyond giving medical advice to parents online to reach out to those who may not be able to access Paediatricians services in their community.

The medical outreach held in Ikorodu, Lagos State; in Abeokuta, Ogun State; Abia State, and Oro, in Kwara State featured health talks, mass de-worming of all the children, medical consultation, among others.

Also speaking, the Medical Outreach Coordinator for the Foundation, Rotimi Adesanya said the outreach which has been held on yearly basis this since October 2016 had its first event at Makoko.

“This is our first time of doing multiple Outreaches in five Communities. We didn’t stop with the children alone; we also did laboratory tests for Malaria, HIV, Hepatitis and gave free drugs to the people.

“For cases that require further treatment or follow-up we referred them to the nearest General or Teaching Hospital,” he added.

SIKIRAT SHEHU, Ilorin