CITIZENS COMPASS – OVER 1,000 commercial drivers in Lagos State have benefitted from free health services organised by the state Parks and Garages Committe under the leadership of Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya popularlly known as MC Oloomo.
The event was in collaboration with a non-profit organization, Eko Club Atlanta.
The initiative which was recently organised was tagged: Medical Rescue Mission.
The dtivers were attended to by a medical team comprising doctors, consultants, nurses, dentists, laboratory technicians, ophthalmologists, and other public health personnel from Atlanta in the United States and Nigeria.
The medical outreach featured a wide range of quality and comprehensive health care services such as eyes screening, laboratory test (urine and blood), malaria, dental checks, Laboratory testing, blood pressure, blood sugar test, breast cancer screening, diabetes and heart check-ups among others.
Drugs worth tens of thousands were donated by the Eko Club of Atlanta, and distributed to beneficiaries after the test was carried out, with eyeglasses given to those in need.
Akinsanya thanked Eko Club of Atlanta for their effort which according to him is in furtherance of his administration commitment to ensure that Lagos is free of road crashes.
According to him, healthy drivers would ensure safer drive, roads free of accidents and devoid of societal ills.
He added that a health-challenged driver is counterproductive.
” If you are in this world and you are not taking care of your health, you will face a lot of health challenges. So, taking care of one’s health is not negotiable. We are concerned about the well-being of our members. We will continue to encourage them to go for medical check-up, avoid drinking alcohol and other unhealthy activities while driving,” he said.
