A non-profit organisation, Association of Nigerian Physicians in America, has promised to give free healthcare delivery to no fewer than 5,000 Nigerians.
It also said it would empower more than 100 healthcare givers in the country to ensure effective healthcare delivery in that regard.
The president of the association, Dr Chinyere Anyaogu, made the promise at a news conference in Lagos on Thursday evening.
Anyaogu said that it was part of the activities to commemorate the organization’s week when members in the diaspora would come back to provide medical care to those who could not access such care.
She said that this year’s medical mission would take place in Abia between April 4 and April 14.
The president said that during the medical mission, more than 300 surgeries would be performed.
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“We are working with the Lagos State government and we have been able to have attendance from local government areas of the state.
They are expected to train more than 100 participants in a workshop,’’ she said.
According to her, the organisation will be able to deliver quality healthcare by bringing the expertise to work.
“The medical mission is also to have some interdisciplinary collaboration and transfer of knowledge”, she said.
Also speaking, Prof. Rukewe Ugwumba, said that organization had been in partnership with the Abia government which had provided N100 million for the medical mission.
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The Chairman Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, appreciated the group on behalf of the Federal Government.
“I am glad that you are doing this; investing back home, changing the narratives and we hope that you will continue to grow and have more of this.
“The government is going to train more medical practitioners so that when some personnel go, some of them will stay behind and that is why I like the aspect of training that you mentioned.
“So, for us in NIDCOM, we will be working with you and encourage you in every stage to support what you are doing to make a difference,” she said.
(NAN)
