At least 100 pregnant women, 150 children and 350 adults were over the weekend offered free medical services by a Non-Governmental Organization in the state by Caring Hearth Foundation in Ishiagu, Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State.

The NGO which is sponsored by the member Representing Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Linus Okorie, stated that about 30 of the beneficiaries are to undergo various forms of surgeries in order to restore their health conditions.

Medical Director of AMURT, an International Health organisation that partnered the NGO on the free services, Dr. Martins Agu, disclosed this to newsmen in the area during the exercise which took place at General Hospital, Ishiagu.

According to him, the NGO gave antibiotics and emergency care to a child that had serious health challenge.

He said: “We have 19 doctors, over 30 health workers and up to 8 midwives and nurses. While coming, we made 100 cards for pregnant women and we made 150 cards for children. Then, we made 350 cards for adults. And we have finished all the cards. We had to get more cards. We have internal medical doctors, we also have paediatricians and ostamologists.

“We gave antibiotics and emergency care to a child that has serious case to stabilise him while we plan for referral. We have so many surgical cases and we have picked them, we will present them to the Honourable member who is sponsoring this medical outreach hundred

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“We have list from the previous ones we did in other communities in the constituency and we will organise surgical operation for them. We will bring surgeons from the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA) and it will be free of charge.

“We have 30 cases in our list now, we will bring lists from other outreach we did in the constituency and join the list we have now and plan for the surgeries,” he said.

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