Rabito Clinic offers free medical screening in Koforidua

More than 600 people in Koforidua in the Eastern Region were screened and offered free medical care by US medical students in conjunction with Rabito Clinic. 25 percent of them were victims of malaria. 

The four-day exercise led by a team of 12 medical students from Maine University in the United States of America was aimed at bringing health services closer to the doorstep of the people especially the marginalized in the society.

Other common diseases detected were diabetes and hypertension. 

According to the Chief Executive Officer of Rabito Clinic, Karen A. S. Hendrickson people who tested positive for malaria were given free treatment. She said all persons who were screened had their mass index including height, weight and blood pressure taken. 

Madam Hendrickson indicated that even though the exercise was just for the Eastern Region, a similar one was carried out in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region at the weekend for about 200 people.

She pleaded for support from benevolent organizations to organize many of such events for the benefit of people, especially those in the deprived communities. 

The Founder of Rabito Clinic, Prof. Edmund Delle, pointed out that many of the diseases affecting most people are lifestyle ones.  

He cited too much intake of fizzy drinks, salt and oils, and lack of rest as some examples of  bad habits affecting lifestyle. 

He said fast foods are sources of diseases due to the way such foods are processed. 

Prof. Delle, intimated that the students of Maine University read about his clinic on the internet and chose to work with them. 

He advocated education as a preventive measure to avoid diseases rather than prescribing medicines for treatment.

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