By Asma’u Ahmad
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) said it has inaugurated an outreach to provide free medical health care services to 17, 000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno state.
NMA chairman in Borno, Dr. Babashehu Muhammad, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Maiduguri.
Dr. Muhammad said that the exercise would be conducted by the union`s Association of Residents Doctors (ARD), Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) and Nigeria Dental Association among others.
Muhammad said that the union would also provide services to IDPs in five liberated local government areas in the state.
He said the councils are Bama, Dikwa, Munguno, Konduga and Kaga.
“When we visited these IDPs and conducted our examinations, we discovered that a lot of them need prompt health care services. We have established five units in each of the three camps which include Teachers, Dalori 1 and Dalori 2.
“For now, we have screened about 1, 000 adults on various ailments. Also tests were conducted ranging from malaria, typhoid fever, HIV and hypertension in Teacher’s Village camp,” he said.
“We plan to partner with relevant stakeholders like SEMA, UNICEF, WHO, UNDP, UNFPA, Doctors Without Borders and the state government to achieve our desired objectives,” he said.
