5,000 Rural Communities Gets Free Health Service, Laud NGO

5,000 rural dwellers in communities across Quanpan Local Government Area of Plateau State, at the weekend received free health care from a non-governmental organization (NGO), otherwise known as Tina Bawa Ministries International.

According to one of the beneficiary, Mrs Amina Awal, she said that the foundation has restored hope to many sick people in the community who before now lack access to primary health care.

However, one of the doctors who spoke to our correspondent, Dr. Jennifer Chinwe Eze, said that the five days free medical exercise organized in the various communities was geared towards alleviating and addressing the difficult health challenges of the people.

She said, most of the ailment associated with the rural dwellers is as a result of lack of access to basic health care.

Her words, “these diseases resulted from the lack of adequate water supply for the communities, they drink from any source of water and the typical diseases rampant among them includes, Eye diseases, typhoid, hepatitis, guinea worm, Amebic dysentery amongst other issues.

“Government should as a matter of urgency provide boreholes for the communities to enable good drinking water”, she said.

Dr. Eze also appeal to state and local government councils to provide the rural communities with medical facilities.

“If government will pay attention to this vulnerable people, the number of people rushing to access free medical care would have reduce”, she added.

She lauded the organizers for the free medical service, saying it is a good way to contribute meaningfully to the lives of others.

However, Tina Bawa Foundation has renovated Kwande Primary Health clinic, donate Delivery Beds, Blankets and brought experts from Washington DC to train medical personnel in the clinic on how to handle complicated cases.

Founder of the NGO, Rev. Mrs Tina Bawa said the free health service is an annual event due to pressure from the people mostly women and children, who always seek for money to attend hospital and they thought as a family they should bring qualify medical experts to the village to diagnose and give drugs to the people free of charge to reduce their problems.

“We are happy putting smiles on the faces of the less privilege, the exercise does not discriminate as you can see both Muslims, Christians, Fulani and other tribes.

Bawa appealed to spirited individuals to sacrifice little for the betterment of other people who are living in rural community because of the level of poverty in the society.