Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Professor Joseph Utsev has commenced free medical services to thousands of Benue people with a team of Experts in an outreach scheduled to last for two days.
At least 1,000 people benefited on the day of the exercise which is being organised to address the health needs of the people in Gboko Local Government Area, (LGA) of the State and its environs.
Flagging off the outreach at the Primary Health Centre Ameladu in Gboko, Professor Utsev, represented by Mr. John Ngoigyo – a political in the area explained that the intervention was intended to support the people with health needs that could not easily secure medical attention in hospitals.
The Minister said the programme would also help the beneficiaries get immediate and quality medical attention at no cost.
Professor Utsev therefore appealed to traditional rulers and community leaders to inform and mobilize their subjects to take advantage of the outreach and get free medical attention saying, it was an opportunity never to miss.
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He also urged the people to sustain prayers for President Bola Tinubu and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Senator George Akume both of whom he said have good intentions for Benue people and Nigeria.
According to the Minister, these intentions have already been demonstrated by various projects brought to the State including the approval of a dam to facilitate irrigation farming as well as the revival of the Ameladu Water Works in Gboko to address the issue of water scarcity and check the outbreak of cholera and typhoid fever in the area.
Team Lead of the outreach, Dr. Thaddeus Aende said that “The services to be rendered for the benefit of the people include Hepatitis screening, eye checks, hernia operations, Lipoma, hydrocele, distribution of medical eyeglasses and many other health conditions.”
Dr. Thaddeus assured of the preparedness of the medical team to handle all categories of medical conditions noting that “we are prepared and also well equipped to handle the large turnout of prospective beneficiaries.”
Some of the beneficiaries have lauded the Minister for initiating and sponsoring the intervention.
“This exercise will help us attend to our health needs considering the high cost of seeking medical attention in hospitals,” one of them Lucy Akah 42 years old, noted.
