500 Persons Benefits From Foundation Free Medical Outreach In Benin
Not less than 500 people have benefited from a free medical outreach by the NEWBEC Foundation where it called on the federal and state governments to prioritize the health of the citizens which it said was one sure way of them being productive citizens.
The event which took place around Uselu; Egor Local Government Area of Benin-City to mark the 2024 Valentine Day where beneficiaries had free medical checks-ups, eye tests with over 150 free eye glasses distributed and drugs also supplied to those that needed. There were also x-rays for patients, blood pressure checks, sugar level checks and others.
Speaking at the event, the Manager of the Foundation, Titilayo Abiodun commended the beneficiaries for coming out to take advantage of the free services and thanked God for the event especially being the pioneer edition at home; Benin-city.
She also congratulated beneficiaries of the events for taking their chances and advised them to also imbibe the habit of giving . “We have discovered that there are many people that don’t know their health status and the ones that would want to know, may not have the money so the essence of this outreach is to draw these people and give them the opportunity to check themselves.
“There are those that are with eyes challenges and those that need glasses will be given, It is actually a good thing to give because God did gave and has commanded us to give, hence NEWBEC is appealing to the general public and corporate organizations to support the foundation’s vision by donating financially to our accounts”
Also speaking, Ebodaghe Emmanuel a Senior Manager of NEWBEC said the Foundation has been on since 2019 beyond health issues is also into education and skill development, economic empowerment, social equality inclusion, environmental sustainability, emergency relief and support among others.
He said it also has collaborative initiatives with other NGOs. Government and policy makers, educational institutions and others.
One of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Glory Otabor whose blood pressure was detected to be very high and quickly given some on-the-spot drugs to manage the situation couldn’t hold back her tears, “I am just going about my routine life, unknown to me that I was suffering from such a diagnosis but I thank God for saving my life today with the intervention of NEWBEC who bought all these drugs in my hands and the one in my mouth” She said.
Also, Mr Fountain Ezekiel who was given free optical examination and a free medicated eye glass thanked the sponsors for remembering home in such a time like this. “I know how much this glass would have cost me in this economy if it was to be a clinic and so I thank them for coming to my rescue.”
