No fewer than 6,000 vulnerable women and children are to benefit from free medical treatment in Kwande, Qua’anpan Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The gesture, which is the brain child of Peter Bawa Foundation, with Tina Bawa International Ministries, is to provide free screening for diabetics, hypertension, eyes problems, Ebola virus disease and cancer.
Rev. Tina Bawa told journalists on Tuesday that the centre has a 20-bed capacity hospital for pregnant women.
Bawa said she was moved by the plight of those vulnerable people each time they came on vacation to her husband’s village.
Pointing out that after giving the people help to offset their medical bills, most of them don’t buy the necessary drugs prescribed and they end up adding more to their health challenges.
She said many women lack ante-natal care.
The gesture was to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Peter Bawa, her husband.
Bawa appealed to spirited individuals to sacrifice little for the betterment of other people who are living in rural community because of the level of poverty in the society today.
Stressing that there are seven volunteering doctors, with one from the US, including a gynaecology consultant with the Federal Medical Centre.
A volunteer, Jimoh Anthony, said it was his own way of contributing toward the well being of the less privilege.
Anthony said: “I notice that money cannot solve the immediate needs of this people so I offer my services to save lives.”
Anthony appealed to state and local governments to provide the rural communities with medical facility because their immediate demand is good health care.
“If government will pay attention to this vulnerable people, the number of people rushing to access free medical care would have reduce,” he added.
Anthony lauded the organizers for the free medical service.
He said it was a good way to contribute meaningfully to the lives of others.
Dr. Deborah Abah, a global public health expert from the US, expressed concern on the plight of African people, which attracted the international community to send some group of expert who will provide good health care delivery to them.
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