AS part of its corporate social responsibility, the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) has organised a free medical screening and treatment for the residents of Duhanayili, a suburb of Tamale.
Inhabitants of the area and adjourning communities underwent checks for various conditions, including eye, dental and ear, nose and throat (ENT) diseases.
At the eye section, where many children and adults had queued to have their eyes checked, the ophthalmologist in charge of the TTH Eye Clinic, Dr Seth Wanye told the Daily Graphic that the people were being screened for various eye conditions, including cataract, glaucoma, haemorrhage conjunctivitis and injury cases.
“Those whose conditions demand immediate treatment, we do us such, whiles others with serious cases are asked to report at the facility for further attention,” he stated.
Dr Wanye said most of the cases that had been detected were conjunctivitis, which is known widely as ‘Apollo’.
The Public Relations Officer of the TTH, Nii Otu-Ankrah hinted that community outreaches had come to be part of the hospital’s yearly activity calendar.
“We want to make an impact on the lives of our people and enable them live healthier lives,” he said, adding that many more communities have been pencilled to benefit from this outreach.
The unit committee chairman for the area, Mr Mahamud Alhassan Makanaa, who was among those who were attended to, praised the hospital for its initiative.
“We know that although we are walking tall, we are sick. People are therefore excited about every opportunity given them to undergo health check and get treatment,” he told this paper.
Mr Makanaa encouraged the hospital to do more of such outreaches since that would also help bind the hospital and the community folk.
Whiles the health screening was ongoing, members of the Suhuyini drama group performed a play to educate the people on how the Cholera infection occurs and how the residents could curb its spread.
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