Over 500 People Benefits from Free Medical Test, Treatments Organised by Abuja Hospital
Paschal Emeka, Abuja
In a passionate bid to provide health care services to as much people as possible, over 500 residents of the nation’s capital has so far benefitted from a two day test and treatment of high blood pressure as well as blood sugar level, organised by the management of the Success Hospital and Maternity Limited in Gwagwa, a suburb in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Prominent among the beneficiaries who spoke to our man was the vice chairman of Okada Riders Association in the area, Nurudeen Alabi, who confirmed that the test and treatment were being done freely, just as he enjoined the government to as a matter of importance and seriousness emulate the Hospital and carry out such activities for indigents citizens.
Commending the Hospital’s management for embarking on the kind gesture.
He equally thanked them, even as he noted that conducting a test on someone and providing drugs to the person, according to him must have caused a lot of money, considering the present economic realities of the country.
Speaking to journalists at the Hospital, being the venue of the free tests and treatments, were the manager, Chief Jones Mba, Dr Suleiman Yaqub and a midwife, Juliet Obute.
The manager informed that they have been carrying out such gestures as their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to assist the government in its efforts of ensure that free medication gets to the people at rural areas.
He commended the government for striving to bring democratic dividends to the people and disclosed that about 500 people have so far benefitted from the free tests and treatments blood sugar level and high blood pressure.
Mba therefore appealed to government officials to use their good office to do everything legitimately possible to address hardship in the country.
He said that he observed with dismay that most families find it difficult to afford three square meals in a day, not to talk of medications.
