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| My good self during a media session |
On 3rd September,
my colleagues and l took to the Tanyigbe and Tokokoe communities of the Ho
Central constituency for a medical outreach programme.
The initiative was manned
by our students volunteer group-United Nations Association of Ghana, University
of Health and Allied Sciences Chapter- in collaboration with Salvation Grace
Outreach, Ho and Calvary Intercessors Network Outreach.
As early as 6:30am, a
colleague of mine and l had arrived at the Tanyigbe Senior High School (SHS) campus,
ahead of the rest of the team. We needed to give a health talk to the people of
Atidze via the community information centre and we had to do it early because
the indigenes, who are mostly farmers, set off for farm early in the morning. We
educated the community on malaria, anaemia, alcoholism, sexually transmitted
diseases and family planning methods.
Before we had returned
to the SHS campus, the rest of the team from UHAS had arrived-28 of them in
total. The main business was set to begin. We arranged a quasi-hospital each on
the Tanyigbe SHS compound and Atidze-in the house of a philanthropist. The set
up comprised of nurses table, consulting area, family planning unit, dietetics
unit and pharmacy.
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| The selfless team |
In addition, there was
extensive given to the beneficiaries who were waiting in our makeshift Out
Patient’s Department (OPD). Furthermore, a good number of volunteers entered
the villages on a mission of “medical evangelism”.
Prior to our going to
the communities, a gross survey indicated the major health challenges in the
villages as anaemia, malaria, simple cough and poor family planning methods. But
we were taken aback by the several cases of hypertension and body pains-which
can be attributed to lifestyle and old age. I can bet that there was a good
number of diabetes cases too, but we could not ascertain that because we did
not have the appropriate testing equipment.
Out partners, Salvation
Grace Outreach, Ho and Calvary Intercessors Network Outreach put the icing on
the cake by donating food items and wearables to the community members.
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| A colleague doing routine checks |
At the end of the day,
over 400 persons benefitted from the clinical procedure, whilst the health
education reached a countless number.
The feeling was great. It
still feels great. It was so refreshing to see how the community
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