Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has disclosed that his administration will make free medical outreach a regular feature for sustainability, inclusiveness and expansion so that many people can benefit.
The governor who made the disclosure while flagging off the second phase of Imole Medical and Surgical Outreach in Ilesa, Osun State directed the state commissioner for Health to create a holistic agenda in that respect.
Recall that the first phase of Imole Medical Outreach was held between February and April 2023 with about twenty two thousand (22,000) citizens of the state benefitting from Surgeries, eye and medical care.
Adeleke further directed that the programme should be mainstreamed across state health institutions and expressed his determination to continue to invest the state resources to improve the health status of the people of the state.
“I urge the Commissioner, the special advisers, the boards and the management of the state health institutions to integrate the private sector in the expanded programmes. This will expand funding capacity and eventually deepen the delivery capacity of stakeholders” he said.
On the outreach, Governor Adeleke disclosed that the government has provided adequate medications for the exercise and shall provide reading glasses for those that may require them.
“The current outreach programme will take place in six centers with two (2) from each Senatorial district. We believe this will in no small measure reduce the current economic burden our people have had to bear”.
