Ayodele Olalere
The Lagos State Government is targeting about 250,000 residents to benefit from its free health delivery programme, tagged: Jigi-Bola which Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu relaunched on Thursday at the Police College, Ikeja.
The governor also flag-off of the 4th Edition of BOSKOH Free Medical Outreach, an acronym for Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu & Kadiri Obafemi Hamzat.
Sanwo-Olu was represented by his Deputy, Dr Kadri Hamzat, who said that the state government is targeting to reach over 250,000 Lagosians in eight Local Government Areas Community Sites, eight market sites and eight Police Barracks.
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The governor said his administration’s commitment to improving the physical and mental health of Lagosians was not in doubt.
The BOSKOH Health Mission Initiative, he further said, has been delivering good healthcare through provision of visual and hearing aids programme to cater for the need of Lagosians whose health needs do not fall within visual and hearing impairments.
He added the World Health Organization (WHO), report estimated that over two billion people have a near or distant visual impairment, and at least, over One Billion or almost half of these cases could have been preventable.
In her speech, Lagos State First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, said the Jigi-Bola Initiative was designed to strengthen the State’s capacity for efficient eye-care delivery at the grassroots adding that the initiative will continue to be a legacy that would help reduce visual impairment to the barest, especially amongst the good people of Lagos State.
She added the BOSKOH health initiative has medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, optometrists, audiologists, and health records officers, who have identified citizens who need visual aids by screening eligible patients for the prescription glasses.
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She, therefore, urged Lagosians, especially those suffering from visual impairments to take advantage of the Jigi-Bola Initiative to improve their health, noting that a large number of cases of visual impairment could have been prevented if they were detected early and treated effectively.
Chief Executive Officer, BOSKOH Healthcare Initiative, Mrs. Nike Osa stated that the BOSKOH Health Mission has recorded significant milestones since its inception in 2019 as they have continued to render free medical and humanitarian services to citizens in the state.
She added that the focus of the initiative is to ensure that people who are unable to afford medical care get free treatment through its immediate intervention.
In addition, Osa said the free medical services and screening will be extended to Police Barracks and markets in the State starting from now till the end of August.