2,000 BENEFIT FROM FREE MEDICAL SCREENING (PAGE 26)

MORE than 2,000 people from a number of communities around Ajumako Bisease in the Central Region have benefited from a free medical screening organised by the Christian Faith Church (CFC), Ghana, in partnership with the Growing Discoveries Ministries, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
The four-day exercise was undertaken by a 19-member medical missionary team from the Growing Discoveries Ministries in Atlanta.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic during the exercise at Ajumako Bisease, the leader of the team, Reverend Tracy Lewis, said the church had a medical missionaries team in the USA which offered free medical services to the needy.
She said the team had sent down medicines for various diseases for 2,000 people and 700 spectacles.
According to Rev. Lewis, the diseases the team diagnosed included asthma, high blood pressure, ear, nose, throat, dental and sight problems.
She said pregnant women were also taken care of with ultra-sound equipment.
The General Overseer of the CFC, Bishop Emmanuel Botwey, said the area was selected because it constituted the catchment area of the church, with 13 assemblies.
The National Administrative Secretary of CFC and Co-ordinator of the exercise, Reverend John Ashun, said the screening exercise was part of the church’s social responsibility to its members and the communities within which it had assemblies.
A member of the team, Dr Jeff Chapman, commended authorities of the Bisease Health Centre, especially Ms Philomena Aryee, for their co-operation in regard to the success of the exercise.
The team also donated the rest of the medicines to the health centre to enhance its work.