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Lawan organises medical outreach for Yobe constituents

Lawan organises medical outreach for Yobe constituents

PRESIDENT of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Saturday flagged off an expanded medical outreach for 2020 in his Yobe North Senatorial District.

The flag-off was held at the General Hospital, Gashua and Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, all in Yobe State.

A statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the Senate President, Mr. Ola Awoniyi, indicated that the free medical services include eye treatment and surgery, free gynecological check up and surgeries, free surgery for hernia, hydrocele, perineal tear, fibroid and uterine descent.

The annual event, which is being sponsored by Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan Foundation Medical Outreach, began in 2018 with the main focus initially on eye-related medical conditions, but has now been expanded in scope of treatment and number of beneficiaries.

For this year alone, more than 5,000 patients with eye-related issues are expected to receive treatment, while over 6,000 patients with hypertension, diabetes and the likes will benefit from the gesture.

Speaking at the ceremony, Lawan said, “This medical outreach is in keeping with what we believe is important and necessary intervention for our people, who need either the surgeries or the general treatment to recover their sight or improve their sight.

“Since I can afford it, I thought it was my duty to provide the means of some intervention. So, we initiated this programme in 2018.

“We believe this is a worthwhile venture that will make people’s lives better. This intervention means a lot, makes a lot of difference in the lives of many of them. We are doing it to complement the efforts of the Yobe State Government.”

The Medical Director, FMC, Nguru, Dr Abubakar Muhammad, gave an assurance that the highest quality of care would be accorded the patients from the screening through surgery, post operative period and would also follow them up till they were completely healed.

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