AKPABUYO – The Nationwide Affiliation of Seadogs (NAS) on Friday carried out a free medical mission in Ukpong Atai Clan, Akpabuyo Native Authorities Space, Cross River State, as a part of its quarterly humanitarian outreach.
Dr Joseph Oteri, President of NAS, said that the affiliation often organises such medical missions to assist underserved communities.
Dr Joseph Oteri, President of NAS
“We’re right here as a result of we’re doing a free medical mission, and that is one thing we might be doing often. We do it each quarter throughout our conferences, although numerous chapters additionally conduct theirs extra ceaselessly. We choose communities that aren’t receiving sufficient assist from the federal government and supply them with crucial medical help,” he stated.
Based on Dr Oteri, the mission featured a staff of medical professionals, together with medical doctors, dentists, and ophthalmologists, who supplied free consultations, therapies, and drugs.
“We use the professionals now we have inside our system to assist humanity. We additionally preserve a database of our actions and refer sufferers who require specialised care to tertiary well being amenities, such because the College of Calabar Instructing Hospital, the place our members facilitate their therapy,” he added.
The NAS medical mission in Akpabuyo aimed to cater to at the very least 500 sufferers, much like a earlier outreach in Warri. Along with medical providers, NAS recognized the shortage of potable water on the neighborhood’s Major Healthcare Centre and commissioned the development of a borehole, which is ready to be inaugurated with the Cross River State Commissioner for Well being.
“Effectively, for this one, we’re focusing on 500 or extra, primarily based on what we’ve acquired in Warri.
“We’re supposed to do that medical mission on the Major Healthcare Centre, and we’re instructed they don’t have good water. So, we commissioned any person to do a recent borehole for them,” Dr Oteri stated.
Dr Odemene Chiazor, a Normal Practitioner and Coordinator of the NAS Free Medical Mission
Dr Odemene Chiazor, a Normal Practitioner and Coordinator of the NAS Free Medical Mission, highlighted that the initiative is funded solely by NAS members, with some assist from exterior volunteers.
“Every part used right here is from our private contributions. After every mission, we overview our findings, analyse prevalent well being situations in the neighborhood, and talk suggestions to the federal government for crucial interventions,” he said.
HRH Etiyin Robert Archibong, Clan Head of Ukpong Atai Clan, Akpabuyo Native Authorities Space
On his half, HRH Etiyin Robert Archibong, Clan Head of Ukpong Atai Clan, expressed gratitude for the initiative and urged NAS to make the neighborhood a recurring web site for future missions.
“I’m so pleased to have them right here. I attraction to them to proceed supporting us, and I’m able to host them anytime they want to return,” he stated.
Among the beneficiaries thanked NAS for coming to their support in occasions like this when the nation is going through certainly one of its highest hardships in historical past.
Converseer studies that medicine, medicated glasses, and different well being consumables have been additionally given to the beneficiaries.
The NAS free medical mission underscores the organisation’s dedication to neighborhood growth and healthcare assist throughout Nigeria.
