Group offers free medical service

• Published date: 24 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

Asocio-political group, Team Better Naija, has offered free medical services to residents of Ekiti State, as part of its efforts to promote the aspiration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

The medical outreach, which attracted a large turnout, featured medical tests, medical consultation on diabetic, blood pressure, optical care, general check-ups and free health counselling.

The beneficiaries, after examination by health professionals, were given free medications to treat their ailments and free eyeglasses for those in need at no cost.

The group National Coordinator, Remi Omowaiye, an engineer, said the initiative was meant to assist the less privileged that lacked access to free and qualitative health care services.

Omowaiye said no fewer than 1,000 indigents spanning different strata of the society benefited from the free medical outreach, adding that free medical tests were offered and drugs were dispensed to the beneficiaries based on their health conditions.

He said the exercise was a way to further...