A total of 1,500 residents of Ilorin, Kwara State have benefited from Barrister Mohammed Adelodun Ajikobi medical outreach.
The medical mission was designed to offer free treatment to people battling different ailments.
A medical team comprising doctors, pharmacists and nurses attended to the beneficiaries at a two-day outreach for screening, prescription and dispensary of free drugs to patients, most of whom could not afford prescribed drugs.
The medical team leader, Dr Monsur Babaita, said people were screened for blood pressure, sugar level, malaria, while those battling with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, malaria, respiratory tract infections, urogenital infections, skin infection and musculoskeletal pain were treated with free drugs provided for them.
Babaita noted that the medical outreach bankrolled by an Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mohammed Adelodun Ajikobi, was the sixth edition to provide succour to deserving poor people in Ajikobi and Centre Igboro areas of Ilorin metropolis.
The expert, who lamented the rate at which people grapple with ailments, called for medical support for them in their trying period.
On the rationale behind the outreach, the convener, Barrister Mohammed Adelodun Ajikobi, described it as a medical palliative to assist the poor and the less privileged in the society who are unable to access medical services.
“It is an opportunity for the people to have access to affordable medical services. It is a sole sponsorship. But I have been enjoying support from my family and friends, who are providing financial, physical and moral support to achieve the desired objective of assisting our people.
“I decided to embark on this medical outreach to assist people, especially the less privileged who do not have access to medical healthcare due to financial constraints.
“The doctors, nurses and pharmacists are volunteers. They are also supporting us to assist our people. The two days of medical outreach were held in Ajikobi district of Ilorin West local government area and Centre Igboro of Balogun Fulani ward in Ilorin South local government area,” he said.
