No fewer than 1000 patients from various parts of Anambra state and beyond have been treated for various ailments by 82 foreign doctors during a Medical Mission in Oraifite, Ekwusigo local govt of the state.
The figures came out over the weekend during a first-class Community Health Fair hosted to round off the Mission at the Dame Irene Okwuosa Memorial Hospital DIOMH Oraifite.
Beneficiaries under the initiative were given access to free cardiovascular evaluation, free Medicare, and free medicated eyeglasses for those with eye defects.
Walkers were also distributed freely to people who had difficulty walking as well as special gift packs to people, all geared towards uplifting lives and giving back to society.
The outreach was undertaken by doctors from the USA, Sweden, Canada, and New York operating under the VOOM Foundation and the Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation SEOF.
The Executive Director of the Sir Emeka Okwuosa Foundation (SEOF), Mrs. Chidinma Okoye, disclosed that successful free open heart surgeries were carried out on 29 children while over 15 adults received a subsidized bill for the open heart surgeries performed on them.
She said, “In this Sept/Oct Mission of the VOOM Foundation, successful free open heart surgeries were carried out on 29 children while over 15 adults received a subsidized bill for the open heart surgeries performed on them.
He further revealed that the International Medical Volunteers operated on some adults who couldn’t pay the subsidized bills free of charge.
According to him, during the Free Medicare program, interveinal Cardiologists joined the Medical Experts. They performed interveinal Catheterizations on ten kids, while the Foundation also partnered with Immaculate Heart Eye Clinic, Nkpor, in terms of manpower to address many people with eye defects.
She said; “With the conclusion of this Sept/Oct. Medical Mission, a total of 120 Open Heart Surgeries have been successfully carried out at the Dame Irene Okwuosa Memorial Hospital Oraifite since the inauguration of this World Class Cardiovascular Facility two years ago.”
The Executive Director of the VOOM Foundation, United States of America, Shawn Andaya Pulliam, revealed that the 82 volunteer medical doctors who came from the USA and other parts of the world to Anambra were uncompromisingly committed to the good of humanity.
The coordinator of VOOM Foundation Medical Missions, Rachael Crandall, described the Medical Mission as a huge milestone for the Dame Irene Okwuosa Memorial Hospital and called for more support from the government, individuals, and organizations.
Some of the beneficiaries, Mrs Ukamaka Onuigbo, Peace Nwabueze, and Onyinyechi Onwe, thanked Engr. Dr. Emeka Okwuosa for his philanthropy and prayed to God to bless him more.
