Free health screening exercise benefits Zaabu Zongo residents

About 250 residents of Zaabu Zongo and its environs have benefited from a free health screening exercise by the MIEA NECESSITADOS Foundation, Ablekuma Central Municipal Health Directorate, and St. Thomas Eye Hospital.

The exercise aimed to promote community health awareness and provide essential medical services to underserved communities.

Beneficiaries were screened for diabetes, sugar levels, blood pressure, eye diseases, malaria, hepatitis B, HIV, and tuberculosis.

They were provided with free medication, while those identified with complications were referred to an appropriate health facility for further diagnosis and care.

Screening

The Founder and Executive Director of the MIEA NECESSITADOS Foundation, Mispa Sekyibea Ampem Darko, said the purpose of the screening was to bring quality health delivery to the doorstep of the community folks and residents living in Abossey Okai Zaabu Zongo and its environs.

She called for support and effective collaboration from all and sundry to scale the initiative to reach out to both young and old living in deprived communities and had little or no access to quality health care.

Health Status

A health Information officer at Ablekuma Central Municipal Health Directorate, Agyemang Prempeh said there was the need for people to go for regular medical check-ups in order to know their health status.

He said early detection was the safest way to address complicated health issues, especially when most of the beneficiaries had no idea about their health status.

He said a lot of Ghanaians had one or two medical conditions but lacked the necessary resources and time to undergo routine medical check-ups, adding that the exercise would enable them to know their health status and seek early treatment.

In an interview, the officer in charge of the outreach program at St. Thomas Eye Hospital, Cindy Ayebi, expressed her appreciation for the initiative and commended the organizers for their dedication to community health.

She expressed the hope that the exercise would be extended to other deprived areas, stressing that people within hard-to-reach communities who cannot afford such services really need it to improve their health standards.

Source:Joseph Kobla Wemakor