Thursday, October 15, 2009

FREE HEALTH SCREENING FOR OYOKO RESIDENTS (PAGE 14, OCT 15)

ABOUT 1,000 people from Oyoko and its environs in the New Juaben Municipality in the Eastern region have benefited from a free medical screening organised by the Oyokohene, Nana Kodua Kesse III.
During the exercise, the beneficiaries, mostly the aged, women and children, were examined for various health problems.
Those with minor conditions were diagnosed and provided with free drugs, while those with severe ailments were referred to the Eastern Regional Hospital for further treatment.
The initiative, which formed part of activities marking the 30th anniversary of Nana Kesse’s enstoolment as the Oyokohene, was sponsored by the Kama Health Group and supported by the Intravenous Infusions Ghana Limited in Koforidua.
The Chief Executive Officer of the KAMA Group of Companies, Dr Michael Agyekum Addo, told the Daily Graphic during the exercise that since the health of the people was wealth, the company had decided to provide GH¢5,000 worth of assorted drugs for the provision of quality health-care to residents of the area.

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