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| Some of the uniforms given to participants during the Ligi Ndogo tournament in Nyatike, the residents are set to benefit from a free medical camp. |
By Nick Oluoch, August 20, 2012
Hundreds of residents of
Nyatike constituency in Migori County will over the next one week benefit from
free medical services from a group of American doctors who are currently in the
area.
The doctors, who are in the
country under a program supported by Hope Ministries, an American Non
Governmental Organization, NGO involved in health programs, will visit a number
of schools during the period to meet the locals and offer their services.
Speaking yesterday during the
kickoff of the program in Pengle center, Mr. Maurice Ogur, the coordinator of
the Got Kachola Development Group, a
community Based organization that has coordinated the visit said they had been
forced to make the move to help thousands in the area who could not access
health services.
“Most of these people can’t
afford to pay what is paid in the hospitals” he said adding that over two
hundred people had benefited from the program on the first day alone.
He also asked the government
to construct more hospitals especially in the rural area saying some of the
people who came to the camp said even though they could pay for the hospital
services, the distance from their homes was too much making the to opt to stay
at home.
And speaking at the opening
ceremony, Nyatike Public Health officer Mr Samuel Oketch urged the locals to
take advantage of the visit and ensure that they are able to get free services
as well as advices on their health.
“Tell your relatives and
friends to seize this opportunity” he said adding that the government was
willing to work with other r bodies to ensure that Kenyan were able to have
easy access to medical services.
