A 35-member medical team from America is providing free surgery and treatment of patients suffering from cancer and diabetes in Kebbi State.
The state’s Deputy Governor, Alhaji Samaila Yombe,
told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday that the surgical operations
were part of government’s efforts to provide effective service delivery
to the people.
“The surgical operation is free; it
is an assistance to patients suffering from various ailments who can
hardly afford the cost of the treatment,” Yombe said.
He
called on the people to turn out in order to avail themselves the
opportunity to be
treated by the visiting doctors and nurses.
Yombe
said the APC-led government would continue to redeem its campaign
promises as it had started boosting the agricultural activities in the
state.
The Co-founder of Moses Lake Medical Team,
United States of America, Dr Lateef Olaniyan, said patients battling
with diabetes, cervical cancer, hypertension, hernia and dental disease
were among targeted beneficiaries of the outreach.
Olaniyan
said laboratory technicians were available to diagnose the patients in
order to ease the doctors’ operation and speed up the process.
He
urged the people to give all the necessary support to the medical team
in the course of discharging its duties in order to achieve the needed
objectives.
Olaniyan commended the state
government for its support and assistance, describing it as the first of
its kind to the team since the commencement of its mission in Nigeria.
The
Moses Lake Medical Team is a non-profit public charity organisation
established to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and
communities around the world by providing medical care, public health
education, medical equipment and supplies
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