Palliatives: Centre Offers Free Medical Services to 2,000 Kano Indigents

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano

The Kano Independent Research Centre Trust (KIRCT) has offered free medical services to over 2,000 indigents, as part of its efforts to complement the palliative programme of the Federal Government in alleviating the suffering caused by the removal of fuel subsidy.

Speaking during the programme in Kano, the Chief Medical Director, Dr Jamil Ismail Ahmad, said the government needs to be assisted as it cannot do it alone.

He said the centre organized the programme to offer free medical services to patients from a poor background, who are suffering from different ailments within the community.

According to him, the services are part of the palliative programme and outreach Corporate Social Responsibility for the less privileged members of the society, who are predominantly poor.

“We are here today for a medical outreach, where we offer free medical services to the people, which run from consultations to checking the vital signs of blood pressure, investigations, eye tests and offering some medications free of charge and pieces of advice to the residents in Kofar Mata.

“This venue is central to Kano. There are many people and is also close to the market. We felt we needed to offer some goodwill services, as part of our corporate social responsibility.

“The government needs to be supported, research institutions like ours need to come in. The private sector also needs to come in, philanthropists and even the people themselves all need to come in.

“So the collaboration between the components is essential to provide the appropriate services in any sectors. Be it education, health, security and others. That is what we are here to do,” Ahmad stated.

He called on all stakeholders to rise to reality, as well as offer their pubic social responsibility accordingly to reduce the socio-economic difficulties in the country.