ZAMFARA GOV’T COMMENCE SPECIAL MODIFIED FREE MEDICAL OUTREACH PROGRAM
By Safiya Abdulrahim Dabban
The Zamfara State Government has commenced a special modified medical outreach program aimed at improving the quality of life of the people.
The Senior Special Assistant (Media and Publicity) to the Governor Sulaiman Bala Idris disclosed this to newsmen in Gusau, the state capital.
According to him, the frst phase of the program was organized in collaboration with the office of the First Lady of Zamfara State, Hajiya Huriyya Dauda Lawal.
He added that the program is set to provide free medical services to people with cases like cataract extraction, groin swellings (hernias, hydroceles), vesicovaginal fistula repairs (VVF), and health education.
Sulaiman Bala added that, the modified medical outreach which started last Friday has treated 81 cases of eye cataracts and 49 cases of groin swellings.
The Governor’s Spokes person further explained that, the special outreach is designed to cover 1,000 patients with groin swellings, 200 vesicovaginal fistula repairs (VVF), and 1, 000 patients with eye cataracts monthly.
The statement read in parts: “The Zamfara State Government set up a committee of experts that conducted assessments of various service centers in the State to identify the most common surgical problems prevalent in the general population”.
Governor Dauda Lawal also widened the scope of the programme to cover all the 14 local government areas of the State.
The centers for the outreach are General Hospital Gusau, King Fahad General Hospital, and Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital adding that all special cases would be referred to the Federal Medical Centre in Gusau.