Cross River response to free medical assistant

Less-Privileged, Women, Children, Aged Access Free HealthCare as Ayade Continues State-Wide Outreach

Wife of Cross River State governor, Dr. Linda Ayade, through her pet program, the Mediatrix Development Foundation (MDF) in partnership with Faith Care International has organized a Free Medical Outreach in Obudu.

Doctors and health practitioners arrived from across the country since Friday ahead of the commencement of the outreach on Saturday, 26th to Wednesday, 30th November, 2022.

The 5-day outreach is taking place at the completed state-of-the-art Obudu German Specialist Hospital and has drawn massive crowds from Obudu and neighboring LGAs.

Free services being offered range from eye and dental care, consultancy aid, laboratory services and surgeries.

Over the last 7 years, Dr. Ayade has continued to provide these free medical services to Cross Riverians and save them huge financial expenditure.

Speaking at the Dr Linda Ayade outreach, Mr. Jeffery Adamade, Chief Operating Officer of MDF, was excited about the turnout which he said over 30 successful surgeries had already been carried out just halfway through the outreach.

He said the Obudu outreach was one of about 10 medical outreaches organized by MDF in the state. He said this year alone, the organization has held outreaches in Abi, Odukpani, Akamkpa, Akpabuyo and Obudu.

Dr. Linda Ayade outreach is to Akamkpa and Akpabuyo were held in the remote areas of the LGAs and lasted for a stretch of 17 days.

He applauded the commitment of the Governor’s wife to the health initiative while stating her determination to help the sick across the state was no surprise given that saving lives was her lifelong passion.

Through this initiative, thousands of Cross Riverians have been saved the stress of looking for money or even losing their lives while seeking finances for medicare.