by The wife of the Governor of Cross River State, Dr Linda Ayade has organized a medical outreach for Itigidi, the Abi LG Headquarters on 21st to 23rd March, 2022.
The outreach which is a partnership between her NGO, the Mediatrix Development Foundation, the Cross River State Ministry of Health and Faithcare International, has offered various medical services including free laboratory tests, dental care, eye care and major surgeries to the people within the environs.
Speaking during the activity, the Medical Superintendent of the Eja Memorial Hospital said the coming of the Governor’s wife had sharply increased the pace of activities in the facility, an indication that people are in desperate need of medical services but are unable to afford to pay for it. He said about 300 people registered on the first day and the number had tripled on the second day. He thanked Dr. Linda Ayade for for helping the vulnerable and called on others to do same.
Earlier, the Nigerian Director of Faithcare International said theirs was a Christian organization committed to the demonstration of the love of God by addressing the spiritual and medical needs of people. He confirmed that apart from counselling and other services, they were carrying out tens of surgeries daily, some of them major operations.
Both patients and their relatives were exultant and thanked the medical team. One Madam Jenny Livinus Imoke showered words of blessings on the Governor’s wife for saving the life of her sister who had battled breast cancer for 8 years with no hope of ever being able to afford the needed treatment.
Sharing his view of MDF’s intervention in the area of health, a member the NGO’s Board, Mr. Fred Abua, said he was excited at what MDF had been able to accomplish in the lives of the beneficiaries of these outreaches over the years. It would have been difficult, if not impossible for some of them to pay for what they were receiving. He revealed that in every location the organization had been over the last 7 years, cancers, hernias, lumps, appendicitis, malignant growths, etc, had all been removed and a new lease on life given to the people at no cost to them.
Mediatrix Development Foundation has held about 10 free medical outreaches since it’s inception and has reached thousands of Cross Riverians with life-saving services. The team is now at General Hospital, Ukem, Odukpani, where another outreach is taking place.
