Rotary Club screens pupils

By Elsie Appiah-Osei, GNA
Accra, Sept. 29, GNA - The Rotary Club of Accra-Achimota as part of its humanitarian services provided a health screening exercise for pupils of Apenkwa Cluster of Schools in Accra.

The two-day exercise which is a collaboration between the club and Logos of Hope, aimed at fulfilling one of Rotary International's area of focus that is disease prevention and treatment.

Mr Frank Offei-Ansah, the President of Rotary Club of Accra-Achimota, said as a way of the club providing it's humanitarian services to nurture the community by helping it to flourish and grow, members are reaching out to 1,000 students.

He said children are mostly prone to a lot of diseases but could hardly afford health service.

"This is why we are here today to help them through this medical outreach programme.

"This is our second time of doing this for the school especially when majority of the children in school fall within our catchment area and hardly have access to better health services," he said.

Mr Offei-Ansah mentioned eye, dental, IQ screening and counselling services as some of the exercise to be given the children.

He noted that the exercise would be a continuous process with follow-ups expected to be done on parents towards the treatment of the children.

"We are doing this screening to bring to light the sickness these children have, treat them and refer them where necessary.

"We will also give each child tooth brush and paste to concientise them on brushing twice," he said.

Dr Elvis Asante, an Optometrists at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, lauded the Club, saying: "It is a good initiative as majority of the children have no access to regular check-up," he said.

He said through the screening it was revealed that most of the children could not read well with others have other diseases that needed better attention.

Some of the pupils who spoke to the Ghana News Agency expressed happiness about the exercise and called for it to be monthly.

Logos Hope also donated books to the children. GNA