MDCAN: Free Fibroid, Hernia Surgeries, Medical Treatment Offered To 300 In Oyo

On Wednesday, doctors who are under the aegis of Medical and Dental Consultant Association Nigeria (MDCAN), Oyo State Hospital Management Board, had offered free medical care and 10 surgeries to residents in the Oyo town as part of their social service.

According to Dr. Idris Fasasi, Chairman, MDCAN, Oyo State Hospital Management Board, approximately 300 individuals are to benefit from the free medical outreach and surgeries’ at the State Hospital, Oyo, and added that 10 cases of hernia, fibroid and caesarian operation were slated to be done for free during the exercise.

He also added that tests for hepatitis, HIV, tuberculosis, infections, blood volume levels, blood pressure and sugar levels as well as cervical cancer screenings are being offered to everyone that came for the one-day exercise which had specialist doctors from all of the state government hospitals in the state.

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“We are pulling our expertise as specialist doctors together to offer free services to indigent people in the state; we believe that this is a way of giving back to the society; it is a way of ensuring that they can assess free medical service, both surgical and medical. The State government’s free medical programme, we believe is not enough, looking at the number of people in the community. That is why we decided to do this, too.”

On behalf of the Oyo town, The Most Reverend Ayo Ladigbolu, the Retired Archibishop of the Methodist Church Nigeria, who was most appreciative of the free medical and surgical service, said that “this is about your determination to render service to our population, with all our expertise and through your members. We appreciate the gesture and pray that you are rewarded.”