The Association of Nigerian Students (Guyana) ANSG, recently held a successful two-day medical outreach for the people of Linden and surrounding communities within Region 10.The event, hosted at the Linden-Georgetown bus park on November 12 and 13 attracted a

huge turnout of keenly enthusiastic residents who were able to benefit from the services rendered, and who expressed deep appreciation to the visiting medical team.

ANSG is an association of Nigerian medical students in training to become doctors, nurses and other medical practitioners, at universities in Guyana.
Services provided included: free blood sugar testing, free blood pressure testing, free eye test and other medical conditions for which persons regularly sought help. There was also HIV Counselling and Testing (VCT) with about 50 persons voluntarily getting tested.

They also had demonstrations on ‘self-breast-examination’ with the medical partners urging women to examine their breasts every month.

The team was also accompanied by Blood Bank partners who conducted blood transfusion (extracted) from persons willing to donate. That too was a success, and so were the street theatre and counselling sessions on suicide prevention.

Commenting on the outcome of the exercise, a deeply gratified ANSA President Ms. Belemo, who, along with her colleagues, showed a keen interest in helping persons with suicide ideation, affirmed, “It’s good that they were able to show interest in these sessions. We don’t want people killing themselves, for any reason whatever.”

“It was nice, both Saturday and Sunday, and we are grateful to God and to the people of Linden who came out for that exercise,” Ms Belemo, who also acknowledged receiving ‘huge support’ from PAHO/WHO Guyana and the Ministry of Public Health said.

The Nigerian Student Association (Guyana) has been reaching out to the people of this country in any way possible to lend support, particularly to under-privileged children through responding to material needs, as well as counselling towards building their self-esteem; health talks; and helping them realising and tap their true potential.