The Bobobee Royal Youth, a non-governmental organisation at Adidokpoe-Battor Chief Palace in the Volta Region, has organised free medical screening and consultation for over 200 aged, women and children in the area.
The exercise was held in partnership with MK Laboratories, Dela Radio, and the Municipal Directorate of Health to support the health needs of the vulnerable in the community.
The event was also aimed at identifying gaps in the health delivery system of the community while attending to the medical needs of the vulnerable groups in the community.
Mr Lovelace Edzor Kwadzo Bobobee, the lead person for MK Laboratories in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, said they decided to carry out the exercise in the area as a way of giving back to the host community.
He gave the assurance that MK Laboratories, which operated at Madina in Accra and Battor township of the Volta Region, would continue to support the health needs of its people through such engagements.
Mr Bobobee explained that as the group undertook the outreach programme they identified health gap needs of the people who only rely on CHPS compound located at nearby town.
He described the situation as sad, improper and unfair in view of the large population size who are made up largely of the aged, teeming youth and other vulnerable people who needed easily accessible health facility within the community.
He said in view of this the MK Laboratories was collaborating with development partners to construct a modern health facility in the area, to address the situation.
Meanwhile the organisation had plans to donate test kits to the people every month to enable them to undertake self-test of blood pressure, sugar level, diabetes, among other health conditions.
The people who attended the health screening exercise commended MK Laboratories and partners for their efforts to boost their health.
GNA
