Osun State Government, in collaboration with Amen Health Care and Empowerment Foundation, has flagged off free surgery for the residents of Ayedade/Irewole/Isokan Federal Constituency in the State.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary Health, Dr. Michael Oyerinde, represented Governor Ademola Adeleke at the flag-off ceremony which took place at the State Specialist Hospital, Ikire’
At the program tagged, “Ending neglected tropical diseases”, Oyerinde, who commended the free surgery programme organized by Amen Foundation, said one of Adeleke’s five cardinal objectives is to ensure quality health care delivery for people at the grassroots.
He maintained that the Government cannot do it alone hence, the State Government is ready to partner with other implementing partners like AMEN to provide quality Health Care Delivery for Residents of the State.
Oyerinde led the team to the Palace of Akire of Ikireland, Oba Akintunde Falabi on a courtesy visit. The monarch described the programme as a unique one that would assist Hydrocele sufferers who do not have
the financial capacity to undergo surgery.
Oba Falabi appreciated the good gesture from the State government and Amen Health Care and Empowerment Foundation for supporting humanity and with this kind gesture, assuring that Osun State will soon be free from Tropical Diseases.
In his remarks, the State Coordinator, Amen Healthcare and Empowerment Foundation, Mr Emmanuel Mariere, stated that the hydrocele surgery is part of the morbidity management and disability prevention program of the neglected tropical diseases unit of the Osun State Ministry of Health.
He stressed further that cases gathered from the just concluded Eye-care outreaches in five Local Government Areas of the State show that many people are suffering from neglected tropical diseases in society.
