The Kogi Government has flagged-off a special healthcare package which health commissioner Saka Audu says will offer free medical treatment and surgical operations to 50,000 indigent patients.
The medical outreach is funded by Kogi Government in collaboration with the World Christian Medical Mission, WCMM, who provided the medical officers.
Audu, in a brief speech to flag off the exercise in Lokoja yesterday, said that the recent economic downturn had made it difficult for poor people to access quality health care services.
He said that the free treatments would be held simultaneously in Lokoja, Kabba, Okene, Idah and Ankpa towns to ease access across the three senatorial districts.
The commissioner expressed satisfaction with the performance of the medics, and expressed optimism that the intervention programme would meet its target.
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