Opemsuo Radio Organizes Free Medical Screening For Public
The official and certified mouthpiece of the Manhyia Palace, Opemsuo Radio, is organizing a free medical screening for listeners and the public as part of the 25th Anniversary of the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
The event, ongoing at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, is also in tandem with the Ashanti Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)’s subsidiary’s fourth anniversary.
In collaboration with partners including the Methodist Hospital, Tonylin Healthcare Consult, Danny’s Pharmacy, Frankel Foundation, and Willingway Foundation, services such as eye tests, genotype tests, blood typing, Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) examinations, retro screening, sugar tests, Body Mass Index (BMI), blood pressure checks and malaria tests are being rendered to the public at no cost.
The Programme Manager of Opemsuo Radio, Mr Fuseini Issah told opemsuo.com that the exercise is aimed at giving back to the media organisation’s cherished market share.
“Opemsuo Radio is the organiser of this exercise. We (Opemsuo Radio) are celebrating our fourth anniversary as well as the King’s 25th anniversary on the Golden Stool so we deemed it necessary to provide free healthcare services to the community and our listeners. This is how we got in touch with some healthcare agencies to assist us.”
He said more than 1,000 reading lenses is available for free distribution to the public as well as consultations and medications provided by Danny’s Pharmacy.
On the sidelines of the exercise, Dr Anthony Yeboah, a Counselling Psychologist with Tonylin Healthcare Consult, whose outfit is undertaking eye tests, blood grouping, and genotype tests emphasized the need to make routine medical checkups a central part of everyone’s life.
“We are humans and it’s like having a car. You need to regularly have to take it to the mechanic for maintenance.”
His hospital, he said, is leveraging on the opportunity generated by Opemsuo Radio to promote and champion healthy eye-sights, an advocacy he said he began some years ago.
“I started this six years ago when I wanted to mount an advocacy for eye protection and so when the opportunity came to partner with Opemsuo for this, we decided to hop onto it. Our motivation is to see people with their eyes intact.”
For Methodist Hospital located in Aburaso, they believe millions of people walk and go about their daily duties with little or no knowledge about their health disorders and thereby the need to provide the opportunity to test them.
“Our motivation is the fact that a lot of people have these conditions but do not know and then it is our social responsibility as the Methodist Health Trust to help the people in the community and the people around to live long and healthy,” the Medical Director of the hospital informed opemsuo.com.
The hospital, which works under the auspices of the Methodist Health Trust, is providing laboratory services for Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT), nutrition, retro, and then consultations.
“We will attend to people in these areas and then consult them about things to do and not to do. We also have some drugs available for prompt responses.”
On the partnership with Opemsuo Radio, he stated, “It’s a good thing to partner with others, especially people who are progressing in life. Because Opemsuo is for a good cause and we are also for a good cause, we decided to partner together to help the community. We appreciate the partnership that we share and we don’t take it lightly.”
“Nice things do not end just like that so we are hoping to have a brighter future and a bigger forum. We know Opemsuo has a bigger platform so once we are partnering with you, we also have the Methodist brand which also has a bigger platform to help Asanteman.”
The exercise is an advantage and opportunity for first-timers to become conversant with their blood type and group as well as give participants free access to medical advice and medication.
Some participants who spoke to opemsuo.com expressed their elation and gratitude for the initiative.
Source: opemsuo.com /Hajara Fuseini
