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The Lagos Achiever Lions Club organised a medical outreach for the Obalende community in Lagos State, benefiting over 1,000 residents. The outreach focused on basic health challenges such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and child cancer awareness.

“We were told a lot of the residents have medical issues, and because of how the time is, they are not able to go to a doctor or afford drugs,” said Oluyemi Imeobong, the club’s president. “So we decided as a club to come here and give them free medical attention. Our target number is 1,000, but we have resources that can accommodate more if the turnout is more than that.”

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A paediatrician, Oladunni Okodugha, encouraged parents to be observant of signs of child cancer, stressing that early detection ensures a successful cure. “Most cancers are curable depending on the stage it was detected,” she said. “If we don’t catch cancer early, it becomes incurable because we can’t operate on some parts of the body. The common type of cancer in children is leukaemia, which presents symptoms such as high body temperature, weakness, bleeding from the nose, and bloody spots on the body. There are different cancers with different signs, but the earlier we detect them, the better it is for the child.

Okodugha urged the government to provide health insurance for citizens to make cancer treatment affordable. “Cancer treatment anywhere in the world is expensive. What will help us is health insurance. If the health insurance can cover childhood cancer, that will be great.”

Credo Obiefuna, founder of Healthextra Medical Service, noted that medical outreach is necessary, especially in communities without access to affordable healthcare. “I am sad doing medical outreach because I can’t give you what you want by just spending five minutes with you, but… half a bread is better than none. We know that a whole lot of people are sick, and they don’t get a chance to see a doctor, so we decide to partner with whoever is doing an outreach. People die of very simple ailments just because they can’t get to see a doctor. In an ideal society, you have a certain number of doctors assigned to a certain number of people.”

One beneficiary, Rilwan Afini, lauded the Lions Club for the initiative. “I have gone through the test, and I am satisfied with it. I went through a hypertension test, and I was given some drugs. I commend the process, as it is well organised. I have decided to join the Lions Club because of the way I was attended to. I would like that this type of outreach should be extended to other communities because drugs are expensive and people are dying because they cannot afford drugs. With this outreach, it will help many people who cannot afford drugs.”

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