More aged women in Sunyani Municipality benefit from Sompa Health Clinic

The aged, mostly women 70 years and above and living with non-communicable diseases, were mostly the beneficiaries of this year’s edition of the ‘Sompa Health Clinic’, a health outreach exercise, instituted by management of the Sunyani-based Sompa FM.

According to Mr Aboagye Yaw Boadi, the General Manager, the FM station instituted the Clinic three years ago, and conducted annually as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility to encourage people to do regular medical check-ups.

The third edition of the clinic, held at the Sunyani Coronation Park, benefited more than 600 people comprising children, traders, commercial drivers, market women, farmers and People with Disabilities (PwDs), with a high number of aged women.

They were screened for various health conditions, including Body Mass Index, sugar levels, blood pressure, sciatica, physiotherapy, diabetes, hepatitis ‘B’ as well as dental, ear, nose, throat and eye and general consultancy services.

A team of medical and health officers from the Sunyani Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, who led the free health screening outreach, referred some of the beneficiaries who had serious health problems to health facilities.

However, some of them whose conditions were manageable were also provided with medication, eye glasses and dental services.

In an interview with the media, Mr Boadi expressed appreciation to the clinic’s faithful partners, including 21st clinic, specialist in sciatica, H-Lab, St Ignatius Eye Center, SDA hospital, Dexter Medical Center, and the Duayaw-Yaw Nkwanta Physiotherapy Training School in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region.

He said feedback from the beneficiaries indicated that the clinic was impacting the lives of the people massively, and appealed for more partnership and sponsorship to benefit more people in the ensuing years.

Comparatively, Nana Kwame Owusu Nkwantabisa, the event organiser, Sompa FM, described this year’s edition of the health outreach as unmatched due to the increased number of beneficiaries.

He observed that many of the people were unable to do regular medical check-ups due to financial constraints and appealed for more sponsorship, partnership and funding support to sustain the clinic.

Nana Nkwantabisa said he was very optimistic the sustainability of the health exercise would enable many people to know their various health conditions and put on medication.