… as Omituntun Free Health Mission Continues
About Four Hundred Thousand residents of Oyo state have benefited from the State’s free medical treatment under the campaign tagged ” Omituntun Free Health Mission with required follow up for concerned individuals during the previous medical treatments done across the 33 local government areas of the state.
The number of cases of Hernia attended to by the medical team in the local governments covered so far in the current campaign has been reduced by 25 percent.
The Director of Secondary Health Care, Ministry of Health, Dr Wale Falana, disclosed this on Monday during the third phase of 2022 Omituntun Free Health Mission which took place at State Specialist Hospital, Saki.
The Director, who doubled as the Coordinator of the free health mission, said the outreach has assisted in improving the health status of residents of the state significantly, following the adoption of quarterly campaign.
He explained that the ongoing medical outreach also covers all the treatments offered in the previous ones which include surgery, dental consultation and treatment, distribution of glasses and drugs, medical examination and counseling amongst others.
He hinted that about 43,000 people have been treated since the commencement of the current phase, adding that the projection of the state government is to exceed its last coverage at the end of the outreach.
“We thank Almighty God and our Governor for having the free medical mission quarterly.
