According to its Company Social Duty (CSR), greater than 1,300 host group individuals with varied well being challenges have obtained free medical remedy by way of Champion Breweries’ medical outreach launched for residents of Nung Oku group in Ibesikpo Asutan native authorities space of Akwa ibom state.
The 2-day medical outreach programme, performed in collaboration with Ima Bridge Hospital, in response to organisers, featured free eye consultations, well being training classes, eye screenings, and the distribution of studying glasses.
Different circumstances concerned screening and remedy for malaria, hypertension, diabetes, and different widespread circumstances, together with well being consciousness campaigns tailor-made in the direction of supporting residents of the group
Addressing the folks earlier than flagging off the occasion, the Managing Director of Champion Breweries PLC, Dr Inalegwu Adoga, mentioned the beverage agency had lengthy been dedicated to delivering life-changing initiatives that positively impression the well-being of the folks of the State, reaffirming its dedication to sustaining the well being intervention scheme.
Represented by Theophilus Akporie, Head of Logistics and Operational Excellence, the managing director maintained that the corporate would stay dedicated to making sure that “The host communities and the great folks of Akwa Ibom state win along with the agency in all its undertakings.”
“We’re delighted to be a part of the continued medical outreach. It’s a part of our company social duty, and we’re dedicated to your welfare. We’re devoted to delivering distinctive medical care tailor-made to fulfill all of your well being wants. Medical Consultants may also counsel you on widespread well being challenges and wellness,” he enthused.
He urged the sufferers to embrace the chance offered by the medical outreach to handle their varied well being challenges. He tasked them to pay ample consideration to the well being training centre in order that they might reside more healthy lives.
In keeping with the MD, “the occasion is one more means of giving again to society and making certain that the host communities are rewarded for his or her steady assist and cooperation with the agency.
Additionally talking, the chairman of Ibesikpo Asutan Native Authorities Space, Hon. Edidiong Joseph Inyang, described the free medical mission by the brewing firm as very impactful and well timed.
“We’re happy to have your organization as soon as once more prolong your CSR to the folks of Ibesikpo Asutan. We are going to proceed to assist your organization. I’m sincerely touched by your benevolence and I hope to see extra of this within the years forward.
The council chairman identified that “no funding within the well being sector is an excessive amount of because the well-being and welfare of the folks stay paramount,” urging different corporations to emulate the gesture.
Addressing the folks, the chief medical director (CMD), of Ima Bridge hospital, Dr Joseph Ekpenyong, highlighted the causes of varied illnesses akin to hypertension, stroke, diabetes and lots of extra, and the way they are often prevented by way of wholesome residing and periodic medical check-ups.
Beneficiaries of the power, who spoke with journalists, expressed deep-seated gratitude to the corporate for its type intervention and urged it to maintain the generosity.
They recommended the beverage firm for its unwavering dedication to enhancing healthcare entry and group well-being.
One of many octogenarian beneficiaries, Madam Ekaette Etim Okon, mentioned the medical outreach had restored her hope and confidence to maintain transferring on.
