Healthcare givers including doctors and nurses last-week combined two major markets in Rivers state with loads of drugs and testing apparatus.
They rendered free medical outreach to hundreds of women, men and children who were buying and selling are the three markets.
Telecommunication giant in Nigeria, MTN facilitated the free healthcare outreach through its foundation MTNFoundation.
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There was never a time when markets were seen as a place to carry out medical check-ups, receive treatment or even receive mere medical advice because of the hustle and bustle and the main reason why people are there – buying and selling.
However, the company broke that jinx taking the medical care to the marketplace providing free healthcare services to buyers and sellers in New Layout market, Borokiri and Rumuwoji market (Mile 1 Ultra-Modern Market).
Surprisingly, individuals including sellers who should be concerned about the number of sales trooped in to see the Market Doctors for health related reasons and they received medical examination, answered questions, prescriptions to drugs that were unavailable and so much more.
One could tell from their faces how delighted and satisfied they were to enjoy such free health services.
One of the beneficiaries and task force chairman in the market, Ibiene Justina Akalugbo while appreciating MTN Nigeria stated “I am really happy for what is happening today at New Layout Market, MTN came to the market to give us free medical treatment and the traders in New Layout Market are very happy because some people don’t even have money to go to clinic talkless of the health centres but today, MTN made the traders in New Layout.”
“Even if they did not open their stalls today, they achieved a lot by having these quality drugs that MTN brought to the market. So I am standing on behalf of the traders in New Layout to tell MTN thank you” She added.
The MTN Market Doctor had different departments from the nursing station and registration department making its way to the doctors station, and yes, a pharmacy giving free blood pressure check ups and giving out free drugs.
MTN Market Doctor will also be visiting Oyigbo main market, Echi Eta market in Eleme, Ndoni main market next, providing medical care to the individuals in the market, just for you.
