FREE MEDICAL SCREENING AT GBETSILE (PAGE 29)

A free medical screening held for residents at Gbetsile in the Tema metropolis has revealed that most children in the area have never been immunised against the six-killer diseases or attended weighing sessions while a handful were behind schedule.
During the screening, 123 children were immunised and had their mass weight checked . Pregnant women and mothers were screened and tested for blood sugar and hypertensive conditions.
The exercise was organised by the Rotaract Club of Tema in collaboration with the Kpone Health post .
During counselling a medical officer from the Tema General Hospital, Dr Mame Pomaa, expressed the need for parents to meet the nutritional needs of their children.
She said the immunisation exercise helped to avoid infections and kept the children healthy, especially in the growing and formative stages.
Dr Pomaa advised nursing mothers to patronise local foods on the market as they contained the nutritional values needed to ensure the good growth and health of their children.
She called on them to attend health facilities for ante-natal and post-natal care since that could help in the early diagnosis of any disease which might attack the child.
The Project Director of the Rotaract Club of Tema, Mr Seth Otu Larbi, said the exercise which focused on maternal health and child nutrition had its major highlight in the theme of Rotary Club for the year which is: " Make dreams real ".
He said it was aimed at promoting health among women and children in selected communities.
Mr Larbi said it also created the means for supporting the people to reduce complications that pregnant women went through before child birth.
He appealed to those who benefited from the exercise to put into practice what they had learnt from the experts.
Mr Larbi gave the assurance that the request for assistance to put up a clinic by residents of Gbetsile would be considered and promised that the Rotaract Club would work towards it .
He said the objective of the Rotaract Club was to provide an opportunity for young men and women to enhance their knowledge and skills that would help in their personal development, and to address the physical and social needs of their communities.
Mr Larbi commended the people for the high patronage of the programme, which was supported by the Kpone Traditional Council and the Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate.