An Abuja-based hospital, Silver Cross Hospital, in collaboration with Sharing Smiles Initiative and Pet Fernandes Foundation, has provided free blood pressure, glucose level check, ultrasound scanning, medical and surgical consultations; HIV, eye, malaria and cervical cancer screening to more than 200 persons in Gwagwa community in the FCT.
The Silver Cross team comprising medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists at a one-day medical outreach conducted medical screening, examination, tests and shared drugs and foodstuff to the beneficiaries.
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The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Patrick Ezie, said that the outreach was aimed at reaching out to the less-privileged.
