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The State Coordinator of NYSC Cross River State Mr Zemoh Andrew today 14th September 2023 re- opened a newly renovated NYSC Clinic at its Secretariat to commence operations to staff, Corps Members and people living within its environs.
Opening the Clinic, the State Coordinator said the project was laudable. He used the occasion to inform all that the Scheme has restated its commitment to promoting the medical well-being of members staff, Corps Members and indigent people of the host community of the NYSC office to access free and quality healthcare.
The NYSC Boss said that the re-opening of the office Clinic was in line with the implementation of the NYSC heath initiatives for rural dwellers (HIRD) programme of the Scheme. According to him, the HIRD programme has since inception benefitted over two millions people from the State through free medical outreaches across the various rural communities.
He commended the members of Medical and Heath Community Development Service (CDS) group for their initiatives by setting up the Clinic again to serve the entire members of staff, Corps members and its environs.
In an act of appreciation, Mr Zemoh donated Nextus NX- 65 Refrigerator to the Clinic to provide safe storage for some essential drugs.
Responding, the CDS president, Pharmacist Okon ldara Effiong with State code CR/ 22C/ 2475 on behalf of the CDS Corps Members said that the CDS was well thought out to address the healthcare of staff. He went on to state that the CDD has a vision to provide smart healthcare services to the staff and vulnerable people within the host community.
According to him ” As a group , we identify the lack of primary medical services within the State Secretariat, hence the initiative to renovate and re-open the clinic to provide basic medical services ranging from free medical consultations, free medical check-up to the provision of pharmaceutical care to staff members, corps members and members of the neighbouring Community,” he opined.
He said the clinic will run three (3) times in a week (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays) from 10am to 2pm. The clinic will be manned by medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists from the medical and health CDS group.
Highpoint of the event was the presentation of Nexus NX- 65 Refrigerator to the Clinic by the State Coordinator.
