The Onitsha Drug Market Head Bridge, popularly known as “Ogbogwu Market”, in partnership with the Anambra State Ministry of Health have organised a five-day free medical treatment outreach to improve the health condition of the traders.
The free medical treatment held in the market with two medical doctors, seven nurses, one optician and a pharmacist, as well as other medical personnel from the Anambra State Ministry of Health, excited the traders who besieged the hall with enthusiasm for treatments.
The outreach included high blood pressure checks, blood sugar and cholesterol screening, malaria testing, eye examinations and general health conditions.
Chukwuleta Ndubuisi, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the market, told our Correspondent that the exercise was his brainchild with other executive members in collaboration with the State Ministry of Health, which provided the medical personnel.
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