Club conducts health screening for farmers
Some 110 inhabitants of Akwadum, a farming community near Akwatia, have undergone health screening undertaken by Lend a Hand Club, Ghana, a non- governmental organization.
Members of the Club consist mainly of workers of the St Dominic Hospital and some old and present students of St Roses Senior High School both at Akwatia.
The people had their blood sugar levels and blood pressure taken and were educated on signs, symptoms and management of diabetes and hypertension.
About 100 children received used clothing, cooked food and chocolate drinks.
The Patron of the Club, Ms Veronica Amponsah, who is also the Principal Midwifery Officer of St. Dominic Hospital, educated the people on diabetes and hypertension and advised them to eat balanced diet with lots of fruits and vegetables.
They should also have regular exercise and maintain sound personal and environmental hygiene.
She mentioned some of the symptoms of diabetes as frequent sweat and hunger, thirst, urination and confusion which could reach a stage resulting in hypertension, heart disease and kidney failure, amputation of feet, coma and stroke.
Ms Amponsah stressed the need for people to have frequent check of their sugar levels, avoid excessive intake of sugary foods and drinks and if diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, to take prescription drugs from health facilities and ensure that they do not have bruises on their feet.
She asked those who have not joined the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to do so, live healthy life styles and have periodic medical check-up.
Women in Frontline Evangelism, who joined the Club in the exercise, also took the opportunity to visit households to preach the Word of God.
One of the members, Ms Gladys Blay, advised the children to be good citizens , by learning hard, respect their parents, elders, teachers and be polite at all times.
In a related development, the Lend a Hand Club, following their Akwadum trip, visited My Shepherd Orphanage Home at Akwatia and donated provisions, clothing, footwear, drinks and toilet rolls.
They also gave the mother of the orphanage, Ms Philomena Agyei, GHC 300.00 towards the medical care of Charlotte Adutwumwaa, a three- year- old girl who needs financial assistance to undergo multiple operations.
Source: GNA