As part of its social responsibility, the Bauchi State office of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) on Tuesday, embarked on a One-day medical outreach to Zalanga, one of the communities hosting the Permanent Orientation Camp in Wailo, Ganjuwa LGA.
During the one-day exercise, members of other communities around Zalanga such as Gagira, Kampannin Kutare and others are expected to turn out for the outreach.
The State Coordinator of NYSC, Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu while speaking at the commencement of the outreach, explained that it was initiated under the NYSC Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD).
According to her, it was designed to enhance access to quality healthcare service delivery in hard-to-reach and rural communities across the country.
The Coordinator said that the outreach was opened to more than 500 members of the community adding that some of the ailments to be attended to, free of charge, include malaria, typhoid, hypertension, diarrhoea, cholera, and diabetes, among others.
According to her, any other ailment that could not be handled by the Corps’ Medical Volunteers would be referred to a more competent hospital for treatment.
She stressed that “This exercise is aimed at giving medical assistance and free drugs to the less-privileged in the community.”
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Rifkatu Yakubu added “Let me use this opportunity to appeal to religious and community leaders to continue to support the NYSC in its efforts to complement the federal government’s efforts at enhancing health care delivery across the country.”
“We urge all members of this community to avail themselves in order to benefit”, the State Coordinator said.
The Zalanga community commended the management and members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for conducting a free medical outreach in the community.
Speaking on behalf of the residents of the community at the flag-off of the one-day outreach, the Village Head of the community, Alh Yusuf Mohammed expressed gratitude to the scheme for bringing the exercise to their domain.
He noted that the outreach would significantly address the health challenges of the people, adding that the intervention would also go a long way in assisting the people from villages in the area in accessing healthcare services to which they may not have had access.
According to him, “The entire people of Zalanga are eternally grateful to the scheme for this kind gesture and I would like to call on the members of the community to come out so as to benefit from this exercise.”
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