Private hospital offers free medical services to 1,000 people in Abuja community
Silver Cross Hospital has provided free medical outreach to over 1,000 people in Abuja community.
The outreach which took place at Guidna Village, a community in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), had persons from neighbouring communities of Gwagwa, Jiwa, Kagini, Timba, Finitobo and Saburi as beneficiaries.
The beneficiaries received treatments for malaria, typhoid, hypertension, screening and vaccination for Hepatitis B and C, and HIV and AIDS screening.
Others are ultrasound scans, antenatal services, glucose checks, eye and dental checks, family planning services, and health talks.
The community expressed gratitude for the intervention and appealed to the hospital to extend the outreach to neighbouring communities.
Some of the beneficiaries, 72-year-old Mr Effiong Ika and Mrs Hafsat Abdulkadiri, expressed gratitude for the free medical services provided by Silver Cross Hospital.
They appreciated the hospital’s kind gesture and prayed for God’s blessings upon them.
The hospital also provided free food and snacks to the beneficiaries.
