Nigerian medical outreach treats 10,000 people in Kaduna
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Pmnewsnigeria
Nigerian organisation BATMEDICS provided free healthcare to about 10,000 people in seven locations in Kaduna State, including 3,000 eye screenings and 212 surgical procedures. The initiative, conducted with the medical directorate of the APC presidential campaign, aimed to bring health services closer to disadvantaged communities, according to Petra Akinti Onyegbule, BATMEDICS communications director.
A free medical outreach in Kaduna by BATMEDICS, a support group for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu involved in health and humanitarian work, provided care to about 10,000 people in seven locations. Beneficiaries received eye screenings, treatment and surgery, according to BATMEDICS communications director Petra Akinti Onyegbule.
About 3,000 people received eye screenings and 212 underwent surgery. The programme targeted, among others, low-income residents facing the cost of care or living far from health facilities, according to BATMEDICS.
The organisation’s managing director, Dr Ojeje Onimisi, said the intervention combined prevention, early detection and treatment. The communications director also stressed the need to go beyond diagnosis to ensure access to care, according to Pmnewsnigeria.
