The activity took place at the Campama ward, one of the three wards in his constituency.
At the event, Modou Lamin Bah dislcosed that many people do not have time or create time to go for medical check ups at the hospital.
This, he said, is the more reaosn why he deems it necessary to take free medical service to the doorsteps of his people.
“Health is indeed our priority as a representative and we will try by all means to make sure that our people are healthy. We believe a healthy nation is a developed nation.
A healthy nation is a progressive and sustainable nation. Initiatives like this are very important and I want my fellow honourable members to emulate such initiative as it’s just a matter of going to the stakeholders and discuss with them.”
He said the screening exercise is basically on diabetes, hypertension and obesity. “People living in that area welcomed the initiative by showing up, to know their health status. Among them were pregnant women, children, youth and elderly.”
For her part, Betty V. Gomez, Clinical Operations Manager at Innovarx, expressed gratitude for the collaboration, emphasising that, it is part of their corporate social responsibility to make sure people know their health statuses.
“Whenever the community calls us, we go there and screen them for free because we all know, there is high prevalence of diabetes and hypertension in The Gambia.” she stated.
The Turkish ambassador to The Gambia, H.E Turker Oba, also graced the screening to give the much-needed moral support for the initiative.
