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Arise Women takes medical outreach to Lagos’ community

By Emeka Nwachukwu
17 February 2015   |   5:59 pm
FOR the over 500 residents of Itedo community in the Lekki/Ajah axis of Lagos State, February 7, 2015 will forever remain evergreen in their lives as they benefitted from free health services offered by the Arise Women of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (City of David).    Irrespective of gender, religion, age or class,…

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FOR the over 500 residents of Itedo community in the Lekki/Ajah axis of Lagos State, February 7, 2015 will forever remain evergreen in their lives as they benefitted from free health services offered by the Arise Women of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (City of David).

   Irrespective of gender, religion, age or class, members of the community received free medical services such as free consultations, free drugs, screening for diabetes mellitus, cancer, blood pressure, blood sugar, hypertension, malaria, pneumonia and teeth care, among others.

   Speaking at the medical outreach, the convener of Arise Women and wife of the Minister-in-Charge of the church, Pastor Siju Iluyomade, noted that access to affordable healthcare is a basic human necessity, especially to women and children, so the activities of the group are geared towards promotion of preventive healthcare at the primary level, and also to eliminate barriers to healthcare by offering services without cost.

   “Women shoulder a lot of burden from childbirth, menopause, and old age, with nobody set to take care of them, so we came up as women concerned about the wellbeing of other women and decided to support them medically, physically, financially, as well as spiritually, to compliment government efforts towards provision of good medical care for citizenry and drive evangelism for the Christian mission,” she said.

   She noted that the theme of the programme, “Arise and Vote” was chosen because the Arise Women group are good citizens, and law-abiding citizens people, who want growth and development of the country.

   “We decided to inform the people that the power as citizens belongs to us, and must come to us. We have the rights to put in whosoever we believe can take this nation to the next level, and after four years if we feel such a person have failed, we also have the powers to remove them from such positions through our votes. So, we shouldn’t complain and learn to make use of our available powers, which is by voting them out. We must all come out to say what we want and how we want it, and that’s the reason for our advocacy.” 

   Some of the beneficiaries lauded the team for the gesture, especially during this period when patients have lost faith in the nation’s healthcare system due to lack of adequate equipment, high cost of treatment and acute shortage of experts in most public hospitals in the country.

 “It is very sad to note that most Nigerians have lost hope in government and the poor services they render if at all they exist. In our community, we lack all the basic amenities that government are suppose to give to us, including schools, health centres, good roads, and water. It is only in the period of campaigns that our community comes to the mind of government officials. And once they get there, they erase all thoughts about Itedo community,” Mr. Noah Harrison, a former youth leader of the community told The Guardian.

  He further applauded the efforts of the medical doctors, consultants and other medical experts that were available to attend to them with counseling and drug administration.

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