AS part of efforts aimed at giving back to its immediate community, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) and the College of Medicine of University of Lagos (CMUL) staff’s Cooperative society, held a free medical screening and treatment for residents of Tigbo community in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The gesture, courtesy of LUTH/CMUL Coop Estate Community Development Association was kick-started with a community wide road show across Igbo Oro, Oke Osa and Orita Ara communities, to invite people for the programnme.

The CDA Chairman, Mr. Debo Akinola disclosed that the programme was designed to conduct health awareness and education, which focused more on the importance and benefits of healthy living, feeding, antenatal, family planning and routine medical checkup; detection and treatment of communicable diseases; referral of serious cases to secondary and tertiary hospital, and distribution of free drug where necessary.

The programme started with healthy talk handled by the Chief Matron at LUTH, Mrs. Olajumoke Akinola, who spoke on the importance of Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) preparation and administration, diarrhea, prevention of malaria, good dieting, hypertension, diabetes and stroke, among others.

Also, a member of Baby friendly initiative, LUTH Mr. Bashir Adigun Olaogun spoke on the importance of breast-feeding, after which question and answer session were held.

The medical team led by Dr. Adesoji Ademuyiwa, a Senior Lecturer in Faculty of Clinical Science of College of Medicine of University of Lagos and Chief Consultant in the Department of Surgery of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, attended to the people after completion of medical screening. Prescriptions were given to cases, while referrals were issued to some people whose cases could not be treated.

Children were also dewormed and free drugs were dispensed as prescribed by the team of pharmacists led by Mr. Cosmos Azumara.
In all, over 400 people were freely screened and treated for diabetes, hypertension, malaria, anaemia and other diseases.