June 21, (THEWILL)- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members serving in Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State say they are set to impact the lives of over 1,000 residents by rendering free medical services to persons with diverse ailments.
THE corps members made this public when the NYSC Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (NYSC-HIRD) was flagged off by the State Coordinator, Mrs. Chinyere Ekwe, at the council headquarters on Monday.
The programme will last for one week.
Ekwe said that the gesture became necessary for the purpose of strengthening national unity and integration.
She said that the platform would provide an opportunity to touch the lives of the people in the community particularly, the indigent persons.
She said: “Driven by our determination to deepen the impact of our healthcare services, management launched the NYSC-HIRD in 2014. It is a platform for contributions toward improving the well-being of persons at the grassroots by granting them to free and qualitative healthcare.
“The programme is largely implemented through medical outreach in communities across the country during which Corps medical volunteers carry out diagnosis and treatment, including minor medical procedures and referral of patients.
“Drugs, eye glasses and other consumables are given to patients free of charge. I am pleased to report that, so far, over two million persons have been attended to by the NYSC medical team on the HIRD platform.”
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Justina Etuk, who spoke to our correspondent commended NYSC for coming to her rescue.
Etuk described the outreach as apt and beneficial to the community especially, those who could not afford money to pay medical bills.
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