By Bawanke David
Over 400 people in Nchamab, a rural community in Pru East District of the Bono East Region, received free health screening and medication at the Telecel 2026 Healthfest. The event, targeting deprived areas, identified common illnesses like hepatitis B, diabetes, malaria, and typhoid.
The chief executive officer of Divine Mother and Child Foundation,Mr Edmund Duodu, highlighted the need for Telecel Healthfest to bring quality healthcare services to the people in rural areas.
“We aim to bridge the healthcare gap in rural areas,” said Edmund Duodu of Divine Mother and Child Foundation. The foundation plans to reach over a million people this year.
The fest in its two forms is identifying and solving problems of people who one way or other can afford to pay their hospital bills and providing free medical to pregnant women in the rural areas.
Mr. Edmund Duodu mentioned Telecel Healthfest does not just end by providing these medical services but also takes contacts of every beneficiary, so once a while, they check them and those who need to go visit hospitals would be taken care of.
Beneficiaries from communities like Number One and Tabun and its environs praised the initiative, citing difficulties accessing quality healthcare. One beneficiary beamed with joy, grateful for the timely service.
According to some of the beneficiaries,they hardly go to the health facilities for check-ups, and even when they are sick,they use the local medicines for treatment because the availability of these facilities is a bigger challenge and appealed for support from government,NGOs and other individuals to bring quality healthcare services closer to them.
