No fewer than 400,000 people have benefited from the free mobile health mission of the Dr. Kayode Fayemi administration in Ekiti State since inception in 2011.
Fayemi made this known on Saturday in Igede Ekiti at the end of the sixth edition of the quarterly free health mission.
Fayemi stated that the free health mission was established to cater for the section of the population not covered by the free health programme of the government, which is meant for children under five years, pregnant women, elderly people above 65 years and the physically challenged.
He expressed satisfaction that the free health mission has helped in attending to medical needs at the grassroots.
The governor, however, urged the people to patronise the 293 Primary Health Centres across the state, even as he disclosed plans by the government to fortify the health centres.
Fayemi also advised the people against consumption of too much starch, explaining that the record of the sixth mission had shown that many of the patients were prone to diabetes.
Some of the beneficiaries who spoke at the event lauded the governor for the initiative.
In her remarks, Folakemi Olorunfemi said aside the treatment she received at the mission, she also got drugs that are worth more than N5,000.
Olorunfemi said the medical assistance people got from the mission is a confirmation of Fayemi’s commitment to the welfare of the citizenry.
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