Successful Steem Medical outreach at Agboyi Ketu, Lagos Nigeria

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Steemit Helping Hands still on our mission to, harness the steem blockchain as a medium to effect change into lives and the society at large.


Since steemit helping hands began it's journey to save lives,curb poverty, enhance healthy living and promote steem, It has been success all the way, steemit is indeed an awesome community.

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On the date 8-4-18 announced our steem medical aid project, after our survey at Agboyi Ketu, a slum area in Lagos, Nigeria, We also seek for support to make this project a success, few days after this announcement we got a donation of the whooping sum of 125 steem donation from @youarehope community, @youarehope has been a blessing to steemit they never let any opportunity to offer help pass them by, Also our very own @surfyogi donated the sum of 50sbd, the love and support was quite massive, We are grateful for all the upvotes and resteems and donations.


We are glad to announce to steemit community, that the long awaited life saving event was a huge success, Steemit Helping Hands arrived at Agboyi Ketu with our medical practitioners on Saturday 28-4-16 , the Tent and music equipments was already organised for us, so we got there arranged the chairs tables and drugs and equipments and job began, few people strolled in, while we where still setting, things up, that was how the numbers kept on increasing until there was an overwhelming crowed. all glory to God we where able to put things in order and it kicked off and ended smoothly.


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Event highlights

  • A brief seminar was organised on health, environmental sanitation and water purification which was made by the health specialists

- Each attendant filled out a medical form and a registration form to enhance orderliness and avoid double appearance.


- A tagged number of identification was attached to the registration form, to avoid dispute of who came in first before who.


- The next step was free medical tests and general checkup was carried out by medical professionals, from BMI(Body mass index) to BP(blood pressure),BS(blood sugar), malaria,typhiod,Hiv etc.


- Free consultation and counselling was carried by the medical experts on health and safety issues, after the tests results was presented.
- Drugs was administered only to the patients who has carried out medical tests and is been diagnosed with any particular trace of sickness or aliments, they all got their drugs as prescribed from our experts who were in charge of drugs administration.


- Patients with urgent issues we could not handle where directed with notes to the nearest general hospital.

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- Each attendant after receiving the free administered drugs had his/her left thumb nail painted with a permanent marker and tagged number collected to ensure they don't appear twice
- The very few ones who had no traces of sickness, were malnourished due to poor eating habits, they where given vitamins and supplements, administered by the medical specialists.
-The HIV medical specialist attended privately to everyone who wanted to get tested and its results will be given privately without the knowledge of any third party to avoid discrimination, we had few positive cases.


- Medical consultants privately attended to those diagnosed HIV, for counselling a few of them flared up and left angrily and disagreement, and the willing ones stayed back for counseling and supplementary drugs was administered to them. Their details was taken for further counseling and treatments.
-The free mosquito nets was distributed to different families accordingly, from the community heads to the family heads, the old,widows then the rest was distributed the the to everyone present.


And of course item 7 was not left out, Refreshments and snacks was distributed.


All used strips and and items was packed and disposed properly.

Appreciation

Special thanks to @youarehope @sircork @surfyogi @wafrica for donations and sponsorship, also @eturnex, @lukestokes @ausbitbank @canadian-coconut @stakerz @surpassinggoogle @neoxin for Curation support.
To everyone who supported via upvotes comments and resteems, we thank you for making this project a success.


Thank you for taking your time to read. See you next time.

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Is only God that will bless you people oh. As you decided to change lives in 3rd world country. Thata how your lives will be changed. As you choose not to allow greed blind you people the sky is just your starting point. I think this post should be in the trending page on steemit and @dlive. This is what others should emulate. Thank you for making Nigerians standout. We are unique with a kind heart. Steemon
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Thanks a bunch @michaelcj , we appreciate and same wishes goes to you and @steemcamp

I am always happy seeing peaple helping themeselve because it's something i cherish so much.
Keep doing the great work and also i will be grateful joining the great team thank you. @steemhelpinghand

God bless all the contributors and everyone involved in this humanitarian service. Well don

@steemhelpinghand you people are doing an amazing word kudos to the team

Continue your wonderful work

Since the first time i saw an update from @steemhelpinghand i knew this project was going to be a great one.
Even when Nigerians have given up on the government, @steemhelpinghand still show up to help out.

I can't remember the last time i saw a medical team moving into communities to do what you guys did. May God bless y'all for your continuous help.

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I love quality projects like this reaching out to people, i feel so blessed by this initiative, @steemithelpinghand, you've proven your love to humanity and care for the less priviledged, i pray for continuous blessing on all team members and more excellent projects coming up from you guys.
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