Free health screening for communities
A privately-owned commercial radio station at Dzodze in the Volta Region, Fafaa 100.3 FM, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ketu North Assembly and Keta New Look Optical Services, has organised a free medical screening exercise for people from various communities.
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Over 1000 people from Aflao, Ho, Keta, Daballa, Sogakope, Agbozume-Akatsi and border communities in neighbouring Togo were screened for free.
They were screened for breast cancer, malaria, cholera, typhoid fever, diarrhoea, tuberculosis, eye infections, weight-related diseases and blood pressure, among others.
Participants were able to know their health status and were also educated on measures to be taken to minimise the effect of their diseases, thereby reducing pressure on hospitals within their communities.
Several medical practitioners were on hand with their medical equipment and actively participated in the exercise dubbed; ‘‘Your Health Is Your Wealth’’.
The District Diseases Control Officer for Ketu North, Mr Christian Goxoxo, called for regular health screening within the district, at least twice a year, in order to forestall possible health hazards and enable the people to live healthy lives.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fafaa 100.3 FM, Mr Emmanuel Ketaman Evortepe, reiterated the station commitment to its mission statement — to deliver information for intervention, with special focus on touching lives each second of its transmission.
He said the focus of the station had been on religion, family, governance, education, media, arts and business, with its comprehensive content placing it on the pinnacle as a station with a difference.
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Mr Ketaman commended the St Anthony’s Hospital, Dzodze, Keta New Look Optical Services, business associates of Fafaa 100.3 Fm and various churches within the community who played key roles in kind and in cash to make the programme a success.
The CEO also called on other media organisations to get involved in key community projects, as the media must spearhead developmental projects in the society, instead of giving room for petty and anti-progress politicking.