Peter Okoye, PBA Journalism Mentee
No fewer than 18,000 residents across the 30 local government areas of Osun state have been captured to benefit from a free medical outreach programme for eye-related problems organised by the State’s University Teaching Hospital as part of activities to mark the 100 days in office by Governor Ademola Adeleke.
The programme tagged: “Imole Free Mobile Surgical and Medical Outreach,” has the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the hospital, Prof Peter Babatunde Olaitan, as its implementation Committee chairman and will be flagged off on Wednesday, 15th February 2023 at Iwo Federal Constituency while other constituencies will follow immediately.
Prof Olaitan, who disclosed this at a press conference in Osogbo on Thursday stated that 2,000 people will benefit from the free eye surgery programme from each of the nine federal constituencies in the state in every quarter where the exercise will be taking place for two days in the constituency.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelHe said that a team of medical personnel from the teaching hospital will participate in the medical outreach while drugs will also be given to the patients free of charge.
The Chairman of the committee hinted that the free mobile surgical and medical outreach will be done quarterly in each of the nine federal constituencies of the state and will be coordinated by the Osun State University Teaching Hospital in the State Hospitals in Iwo, Ede, Ikire, Ila Orangun, Ikirun, Okuku, Ile-Ife, Ilesa, and Ipetu-Ijesa on designated dates.
“Surgeries covered by the free mobile surgical and medical outreach include cataracts, Pterygium, Hernia, Hydrocele, Lipoma, Keloids, and some swellings on the body.
“Medical conditions like hypertension, diabetes, malaria, cough, tuberculosis and other diseases will also be treated by a team of medical practitioners assembled by the state government to make the quarterly programme a huge success.
“The Governor will flag off the Imole free mobile Surgical and medical outreach on Wednesday 15th of February, 2023 in Iwo Federal Constituency while other constituencies will follow immediately,” he said.
