Free Medical Screenings: Our MP Is The Best – Akim Swedru Constituents Applaud Hon. Kennedy Osei Nyarko.

Honourable Kennedy Osei Nyarko, Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru Constituency in the Eastern Region, has financed a health screening exercise for over 3,000 community members in his constituency to unleash the financial burden on the Constituents in assessing health care.

 

Outreach Health Exercise

The initiative was carried out in a collaborative effort by the Birim South District Health Directorate and Robb Foundation with a team comprising medical doctors, laboratory technicians, physician assistants, dentists, and nurses.

 

The four-day community health outreach screening took place in some selected communities, including Akim Swedru, Aduasa, and Awisa, on Friday, July 28, and ended on July 31, 2023.

 

 

 

Services rendered included general health checks, malaria tests, eye tests and provision of spectacles, blood sugar level tests, cervical tests, prescriptions, counseling, and pharmaceutical services.

 

Medication was given to them to aid in the treatment of the various ailments diagnosed.

 

Some were also referred to the nearest health centers for further treatment.

 

The exercise created job opportunities for some youth temporarily in the Constituency who were tasked with working with the medical experts.

 

 

 

MP’s Gesture

In an interview with the Daily Searchlight and MyGhanaMedia.com, the Akim Swedru lawmaker, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, expressed his satisfaction with the work done by organizing the medical team and the response of the beneficiaries.

 

 

 

Speaking on his motivation for the climax of the exercise at Akim Swedru, he emphasized that he was committed to finding solutions to the challenges facing the health sector in the constituency, and he is hopeful the periodic screening exercise would go a long way to improving and ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being of all constituents.

He said the screening exercise sought to provide safe and proper healthcare services to the elderly and other vulnerable groups in these remote communities. This is what drives our keen interest in the general well-being of our community.”

 

 

 

According to the MP, the economic demand of the indigents as farmers is a challenge that does not allow them to access health care facilities for regular checkups; hence, there is a need for him to bring the initiative closer to the doorstep of the people.

“Health remains one of the key challenges for many people, and what matters to our neighbors is of great importance to us.”

He added that other communities would be visited later.

 

 

 

“I am also ready to take medical outreach to other communities in the Constituency to help the people know their health status and get treatment for their health conditions”, he assured.

He also promised to organize another health initiative to register residents without health insurance onto the National Health Insurance Scheme while those with expired membership had it renewed for them.

 

 

 

He also advised his constituents to take issues concerning their health seriously.

That, he said, would enable them to remain healthy while contributing to the socio-economic development of the country.

Kennedy Osei Nyarko, who doubles as the Chairperson of the Roads and Transport Committee in Parliament, expressed his appreciation to the Birim South District Health Directorate and the Robb Foundation for contributing towards the success of the exercise.

 

 

Mrs. Mavis Opoku Asantewa, Executive Director of the Robb Foundation, who led a team of medical professionals, stated that the exercise was a good one from the Member of Parliament and he deserved a thumbs up.

 

 

He, however, made a request to make this exercise more frequent.

She also disclosed that the results of the eye tests carried out in the areas indicated that a lot of the elderly have eye problems that need to be looked at.

 

 

 

Gratitude

The beneficiaries showered praise on the Member of Parliament for his efforts in bringing developments to all electoral areas in the constituency.

They also expressed their gratitude to the MP for taking into consideration the health of his constituents.

 

 

Per the supra, they said that the Legislator for Akim Swedru, Hon. Kennedy Osei Nyarko has done well and that they are willing to give him another term if he shows interest in contesting in the 2024 general elections.

 

 

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