NMA offers free medical outreach to 1,040 Adamawa beneficiaries
The Nigeria Association (NMA), in collaboration with Fufore Local Government Council, has begun free medical and surgical outreach targeting no fewer than 1,040 patients in the council.
Speaking during the inauguration of the outreach in Fufore Local Government Area on Tuesday, Mr. Usman Daware, the council chairman, appreciated the initiative of NMA for the free medical and surgical outreach.
He said the gesture would go a long way to help people in the area, especially the less privileged.
Daware pledged to also support those who were referred to the Federal Teaching Hospital and State Specialist Hospital for their recovery, especially those with eye problems.
Dr. Bulus Samuel, the NMA's Chairman, commended the council chairman and traditional leaders for their support, which enabled them to discharge their responsibility of complementing government efforts in the health sector.
He said that the association had mobile experts from various fields to provide effective service free of charge to patients in the area.
According to him, 1,000 patients are billed for medical treatment, while 40 patients are scheduled for surgery on hernias, appendices, lipomas, and fibroids, among other conditions.
Alhaji Aliyu Ahmed, District Head of Malabu, appreciated the gesture and called on the traditional and religious leaders to mobilize their subjects to take advantage of the exercise.
He advised the beneficiaries to express themselves about their health conditions to doctors and ensure that they used the drugs given to them accordingly for good healthcare.
Dr. David Ngwan, Chairman of the Outreach Committee, explained during an inspection visit to the ward that they have received 26 patients for surgery, out of whom five have been operated on successfully.
Malam Musa Usman, a beneficiary from the Wuribokki community, thanked the NMA for the free surgery.
He said that for long he was suffering of stomach problem and now he was operated of Hernia successfully
