The Anlo Senior High as part of the 60th anniversary of the school, has organized Free medical screening, NHIS registration and renewal, blood donation, a health walk to kickstart the anniversary.
The exercise was conducted by all the old students in the health sector -from the 1950’s till date. Dubbed: ANSECO@60 Medical Team.
The team, made up of Doctors, Nurses, Midwives, Biomedical Scientists, Optometrists, Public Health Personnel in collaboration with the National Malaria Control Programme, Keta Municipal Hospital, Anlo Clinic and the National Health Insurance Authority.
The two-day program saw more than Three Thousand (3,000) people from community members, current students, teachers, old students, politicians, chiefs, opinion leaders, the clergy, celebrities, entrepreneurs etc who all partook in the programme, thus making the programme a great success.
Some of the services provided included free eye, ear, nose and dental screening, blood pressure monitoring, body mass index ( BMI) measurements, Rapid diagnostic tests (RDT for malaria) blood sugar monitoring to confirm diabetic status as well as free medical consultations and medications for participants.
Health talks were also given on Diabetes, Hypertension, hepatitis B, teenage pregnancy and drug abuse since it continues to form part of re-emerging health conditions of the 21st Century.
The team was of the view that, this initiative is a way of giving back to the society and also to consolidate the efforts being made by the Ghana Health Service to alleviate and reduce the prevalence of the above mentioned health conditions.
The school expressed appreciation to all the team members especially sponsors and those who worked behind the scenes to support exercise.
Also they acknowledged the Anlo Traditional Council, the Ghana Police Service and the media for their immense and diverse contributions.
The grand durbar comes off on the June 1, 2019 at Anlo Senior High school in the Volta region where President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to be present.
This article was culled from Awake by Ruth Abla Adjorlolo
