Bauchi community lauds NYSC’s free medical services

Bauchi community lauds NYSC’s free medical services

The Giade community in Bauchi State has commended the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for the conduct of free medical treatment in the area.

The exercise would be conducted under the phase II of the 2021 NYSC Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD).

HIRD programme is designed to enhance access to quality healthcare service delivery in rural communities across the country.

Mr Usman Sale, the Chairman, Giade Local Government Council, made the commendation during the inauguration of the exercise on Monday at Isawa community in Giade, Bauchi State.

Sale said that the gesture would significantly address health challenges of the people in the area.

“We are glad when the state Director of NYSC briefed me that they were interested in coming to offer free medical services, I welcomed the idea.

“I equally promised that we are going to do everything humanly possible as a government to support the process and here we are today.

“We have also supported the programme with drugs worth N350,000 and accommodations to NYSC officials, doctors and paramedics participating in the programme,” he said.

Bauchi community lauds NYSC’s free medical services

Sale further called on the people to come out en masse to avail themselves the opportunity to benefit from the exercise.

Also speaking, Alhaji Namadi Abubakar, NYSC Coordinator in the state, listed some of the ailments to be treated to include malaria, typhoid, hypertension, diarrhea, cholera, diabetes, among others.

Abubakar said that patients with complicated ailments would be referred to advanced hospital for treatment.

“Our medical team is ready. This is a programme where we need to touch the nooks and crannies of Bauchi State.

“We went to Yelwa Duguri and Yashi in Alkaleri LGA under the first phase of the exercise and now in Isawa, Giade which is a different axis of the state.

“My expectation is that the people of the community would benefit a lot from this medical outreach because we brought drugs that will take care of those ailments,” he said.