THE Central Seventh Day Adventist Church collaborated last Sunday with the Ministry of Health (MoH) to host a health fair on premises of the church, located at Church and Oronoque Streets in Queenstown, Georgetown.

Adventist Youth (AY) Assistant Mellissa Delph-English said the fair was the church’s effort to create in the general public an awareness of common health issues, and this effort was facilitated by staffers of various hospitals, who were available to offer free blood sugar and hypertension testing, as well as vaccinations for measles, yellow fever, tetanus, rubella and mumps. The MoH provided one hundred vaccinations for the venture.
Visitors were also offered counselling on care and medication, were medicated when necessary, and were given health care information packages. The church intends to host a health fair every month.

(Michelle Gonsalves)