Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari is taking mobile outreach clinic to remote parts of the country. She commissioned the programme today at the Presidential Aso Villa, Abuja, with the aim of providing basic and essential health care services.
According to a statement by her spokesman, Haruna, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, at the commissioning ceremony, said that the programme is part of the humanitarian services which her pet programme: the Future Assured provides to underprivileged Nigerians in the remotest parts of the country.
She said that the clinic will provide for routine screening of chronic ailments, including Vitamin A supplementation and deworming of children, as well as treatment of minor medical conditions and identified client operations that require referral to Primary Health Care and other health centers for further management or continuity of care.
The National Coordinator of Future Assured, Dr. Kamal Mohammed, had earlier said that the mobile medical outreach is about improving health and providing services in remote areas.
He said the clinic is equipped with consultation, dispensing, and observation areas as well as a mini-lab and a nursing station.
“With the commissioning of this vehicle, organizing the medical outreach done frequently by Future Assured to remote areas is now easier.”
So far under the programme, medical screening has been held in Cross River, Enugu, Oyo, Ogun, Kogi, Nasarawa, Adamawa and Katsina states in order to create a sense of health consciousness among citizens.
Thousands of beneficiaries turned up for checking of blood pressure, malaria, blood sugar and sickle cell.
The statement said that so far, two of the mobile clinics are available to service FCT and its catchment areas, with additional units envisaged in the near future to service remote communities in all geographical zones.
It said that the humanitarian services of Future Assured are aimed at complementing government’s efforts in health care delivery.
The statement said that the activities of the outreach medical facility will soon continue in other states. [myad]
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