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From Laide Raheem, Abeokuta
No fewer than 1,500 residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, have benefitted from a free medical outreach organized by Glorious Liberty Church. The initiative was in collaboration with Beth-help Foundation.
At the event, residents were screened for ailments such as malaria, typhoid, high blood pressure, blood sugar, among others. The Foundation equally donated food items and clothing to the beneficiaries, especially the aged.
Speaking at the church’s premises, yesterday, the Senior Pastor of Glorious Liberty, Richard Osanaiye, disclosed that the beneficiaries were also given drugs free of charge.
He added that some of the residents received free eye examination and glasses prescriptions from an Opthalmologist on ground during the screening.
He expressed the commitment of the church to continue to provide free medical outreach for residents of the state.
“What happened is that one of the visions of GLC Global is to be able to be a blessing to the less privileged.
“Sometimes, we do it once every quarter where we just bring food for the less privileged. Then free medical aid to the people who are sick, especially those people that are battling with high blood pressure. We give them drugs, malaria drugs, and the cases we cannot handle, we refer them to the hospital.
“Today we reached out to over about 1,500 persons. We gave them food, we gave them clothes, and we gave them free medical services.
“So, we gave free medical services to 500 patients. And everybody had food. About 1,500 people had food. We gave them rice, we gave them beans, we gave them spaghetti, we gave them noodles. We reached out to children also, and we are also going to be doing it again”, Osanaiye stated
The cleric, however, said there was a need for the government to implement a strategy that could take care of the senior citizens of the country.
