Aisha Buhari Commissions mobile clinic for medical outreach
Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has on Wednesday commissioned a mobile clinic programme to provide basic and essential health care services to people, especially those living in hard-to-reach areas of the country.
Speaking at the event, which held at the State House, Mrs Buhari said that the programme was part of the humanitarian services that Future Assured provides to underprivileged Nigerians especially those that reside in the remotest parts of this country.
The mobile medical outreach, as stated by the National Coordinator of Future Assured, Dr. Kamal Mohammed, is about improving health and providing services in remote areas.
He said the clinic was equipped with consultation, dispensing, and observation areas as well as a mini-lab and a nursing station.
“With the commissioning of this vehicle, organising the medical outreach done frequently by Future Assured to remote areas is now easier,” Said Mrs Buhari.
The DEFENDER gathered in a statement signed by Director of Information, Office of the Wife of the President, Mr. Suleiman Haruna, that so far, medical screening had been held in Cross River, Enugu, Oyo, Ogun, Kogi, Nasarawa, Adamawa and Katsina states in order to create a sense of health consciousness among citizens.
It was further learned by the Haruna’s statement that those screenings were held with thousands of beneficiaries checked for blood pressure, malaria, blood sugar and sickle cell. “The activities will continue in other states.”
Mrs Buhari said the clinic would provide for routine screening of chronic ailments including Vitamin A supplementation and de-worming of children, as well as treatment of minor medical conditions and identified client operations that require referral to Primary Health Care and other health centers for further management or continuity of care.
Two of these mobile clinics were said to be available to service FCT and its catchment areas, with additional units envisaged in the near future to service remote communities in all geo-political zones.
“These humanitarian services of Future Assured are aimed at complementing government’s efforts in health care delivery,” the statement said.
