NMA donates medical materials to prison inmates in Kwara
NAN-H-70
Donations
By AbdulFatai Beki.
Mandallah (Kwara), Oct 24, 2016 (NAN)The Nigeria Medical Association(NMA), Kwara branch on Monday donated medical materials worth over N200,000 to inmates of Mandallah Maximum Prison in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara.
The donation was part of activities to commemorate the 2016 Physicians’ Week of the association, celebrated in all the states of the federation.
Dr Habeeb Omokanye, Deputy Chairman of NMA in Kwara, donated the materials on behalf of the Chairman, Dr Kunle Olawepo.
He reaffirmed the determination of the association to continue embarking on activities that will uplift the standard of the less privileged in the society.
Alhaji Abayom Gbadamasi, in charge of the prison, who received the items on behalf of the state comptroller of prison, thanked the association for the gesture.
He described health problem as one of the major challenges facing the 210 inmates at the prison, adding that only one medical doctor normally visits them.
He solicited the assistance of the members of the association in the provision of quality healthcare to inmates.
Omokanye had at a press conference called on President Muhammadu Buhari to begin the full implementation of the National Health Act, signed into law since 2014.
He said the act when fully implemented was capable of solving various problems in the health sector. (NAN)
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Edited By Adeboye Ajayi/Obike Ukoh
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