Rotary Provides Free Healthcare, Surgery To Poor Nigerians
By Chioma Umeha
The Rotary International District 910 Nigeria in
partnership with the Rotary International District 3020 India has commenced
free medical surgery, screening and medication to Nigerians, especially the
indigent.
The Rotary International District in both
countries is also conducting free training for Nigerian Doctors working
together on the humane Exercise.
Already, a seven-man Indian team of medical
doctors arrived Nigeria on an eight-day medical exercise, which started on
Friday, June 8 and ended on Thursday, June 15 at the Olabisi Onabanjo
University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) Shagamu Annexe Remo, Ogun State.
The team treated over 400 patients with different
ailments.
The team comprises of Plastic Surgeons, Dental
Surgeons, Amethysts and Alaproscopic Surgeon who are performing free surgeries,
screening and medications on beneficiaries with equipment, worth over N113
million, which subsequently would be donated to the host, OOUTH.
The visiting Indian doctors are providing free
Plastic Surgeries, on Cleft Lip, Contra General Surgeries on Hernia,
Hemorrhoids, Lumps, Orthopedic Surgeries on Limb Deformities, Corrective
Surgeries, Urology-Prostate, Circumcision, Hypospadia, Gynecology.
Other surgeries include, Fibroids, UV Prolapsed,
Ovarian Dental – Dental Caries, Dental Abscess and Gingivitis.
The rest are Retained Primer Teeth Fractures,
Maligned Teeth, and Discolored Teeth among others.
Commenting on the exercise, the Commissioner for
Health in Ogun State, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, confirmed that about 400 persons
have benefitted from free surgery.
The commissioner disclosed this when he flagged
off the exercise at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH),
in Sagamu. Ipaye said the philosophy behind the free surgery was to give
succour to indigent citizens, who could not afford costs of the operation or
travel abroad for such surgery.
He said Governor Ibikunle Amosun has mandated his
ministry to partner local and international agencies in making life more better
and meaningful for the masses of the state.
“The cost of such surgery is usually high, which
our people, especially those living in rural areas and the aged, might not be
able to afford. As you can see here today, we are attending to about 400
beneficiaries, including victims of hernia, glaucoma, breast biopsy, burn
excision/debridement and other life threaten ailments, free of charge and you
know how much it would gulp in dollars or pounds sterling if travelling the
United States of Amercia or the United Kingdom for such treatment.”
In his remarks at the occasion the Project
Coordinator, Rotn Dr. Olufemi Akodu expressed the Rotary International District
9110’s Cooperation enjoyed from the visiting District 3020 Indian Doctors, the
Ogun State Govt. and the overwhelming cooperation and assistance enjoyed from
them all especially, the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital,
Shagamu, Medical and Paramedical Staff, on such a very wonderful success.
He expressed the determination of Indians,
especially the District 3020 Rotary International to ensure the success of the
exercise.
Commenting on the event, Elder Godwin Emenahor, a
77-year-old Farmer from Edo State, Mrs. Mare Oluwatosin from Akure , Mrs.
Jesunowo Adefunke from Ogba, Massion David Williams from Lagos, some of the
beneficiaries, expressed appreciation to the organisers for removing them from
obscurity, eternal pains and pangs of poverty.
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