National Health Fellow: Hunkokoe offers Free Medical Treatment to 400 Ipokia residents

National Health Fellow Racheal Hunkokoe has offered Free Medical Treatment to about 500 Ipokia residents.

The capstone project titled “Free Medical Outreach” was organised by a National Health Fellow, representing Ipokia local government, Rachael Fifamen Hunkokoe.

The One Day meydical Outreach program held on Thursday, 18th of September, 2025 at the Methodist Primary School playground, Ijofin was massively attended by community members and dignitaries.

In her welcome address, the organiser of the program who is also one of the 774 National Health Fellows and representing Ipokia Local Government, Rachael Hunkokoe, pointed out that National Health Fellow (NHF) is a new initiative by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

Ms Hunkokoe stated that the SWAP Coordination office was designed to strengthen and improve Primary Health Care Centers across the nation’s 774 Local Government Areas.

Health Fellow Rachael Hunkokoe disclosed further that the Health Fellows were deployed across the country to carry out their designated roles and assignments relating to health and as part of her little way of giving back to the community and as well as fulfilling her National Health Fellowship assignment put together the “Free Medical Outreach” program.

The SWAP representative further stated that the implementation of the medical outreach program was a long-awaited capstone project, as it has been her desire to contribute her quota to improve health condition of people at the grassroot.

Among the medical personnel at the event were medical officials from the local government; Ipokia Local Government Health Authority Secretary,  Dr. Akindele; Head of Pharmacy Department, Ipokia Local Government, Mr. Taiwo Akala James; Malaria Program Officer, Mrs. Olufunke Aderohunmu;  WDC Chairman, Primary Health Centre, Ijofin, Alhaji Saheed Idowu Adeniyi; Chief CHEW Yekini (Focal Person Primary Healthcare Center, Ijofin; Nurse Adegbola, Primary Healthcare Center, TUBE; Chief Pharmacist Aralawon Taiwo graced the One Day Free Health Medical Outreach program.

In their health talks, appeals were made to the residents not to toy with their health. The speakers advised the people to visit any nearest government health centres dnanytime they feel unhealthy.

The Health official who commended the initiator for taken the bull by the horns in organizing such a life saving program also thanked stakeholders for their kind hearted inputs; willingness to help and support a good vision of impacting the community by the Health Fellow, Rachael Fifamen Hunkokoe.

The medical outreach was divided into two sections as Section 1 covered Health Talks and Topics on Hepatitis B and C, Antenatal and Postnatal Care, Immunization and its importance to children, Family planning and Contraceptive options and Myths by resource persons.

Community members present were given the opportunity to ask questions on the topics covered and some other areas that seemed uncleared to them.

Section 2 of the capstone project covered One-on-One Consultation with health personnel and Free Treatment of Hepatitis B and C, Blood glucose, Malaria testing and treatment, Blood pressure screening.

About 100 men and 50 women were tested negative for Hepatitis, 270 men and women were screened for blood glucose, 180 men and women were tested positive for malaria and were provided with a 5-day routine of malaria drugs, 160 infants (aged 0-10) also received free treatment.

Health Fellow Hunkokoe appealed for more partnership and support from other well meaning Nigerians and corporate bodies who shared in her vision and desire to impact in this meaningful way through her capstone project aimed at onboarding 50 vulnerable community members across the local government into Ogun State Health Insurance Scheme.

Earlier, the organizer has embarked on courtesy visits to the palaces of two royal fathers in the community, the Ololo of Ijofin, HRH Oba Moruf Ayinla Awode and the Opo of Idosemo, HRH, Oba James Ajani, to help mobilise community members for the program of which paved way for the attendance of over four hundred and fifty people from the two major towns and some adjouning communities to benefit from the free medical outreach program.

At the end of the medical outreach program which came to a close at about thirty minutes to seven in the evening, Referrals were made, and some individuals whose cases beyond the capacity of the program were advised to visit the nearest Primary Health Care center for further medical attention.