An NGO, iRestore Life Foundation, on Thursday, performed unfastened scientific screening at the inmates of Kirikiri Medium Security Prison in Lagos.
The inmates have been majorly screened for skin sicknesses, respiratory tract infections, eye disease, malaria endemic, HIV and tuberculosis, among others.
The basis’s Chief Operating Officer, Mrs Modupe Adesina, said that the NGO delivered the clinical outreach to improve the health circumstance of inmates currently inside the prison. According to Adesina, the NGO centered especially on the fitness issue and could perform the scientific outreach in all the prison formations in Lagos.
“We are right here for full restoration of inmates; we performed diagnosis on them and prescription drugs to restore their health. “We are running in partnership with Nimeth Pharmaceutical and powered through Foundation of Truth Assembly Church,” Adesina said. In his remarks, Dr Muriel Inyang, the Head, Medical Team, entreated other NGOs to desist from the use of their foundation as a earnings making agency, however, to assist the needy inside the society.
Inyang appealed to nicely-meaning Nigerians and business enterprises to come to their aid with the aid of paying some of the fines imposed on the inmates to regain their freedom.
“iRestore clinical outreach consults for various sicknesses inside the jail. We came to help, due to the fact we recognize that a number of the inmates will be suffering from one ailment or the alternative,’’ he said. Also, Dr Emeka Onyeka, one of the medical doctors in the team, appealed to all different NGOs to emulate the kind gesture. Onyeka call on clinical experts to come to the resource of the inmates as government by myself could not do everything.
“We were going to prisons in Nigeria, and we realized that there are lots of clinical challenges among various inmates. “We are satisfied to be a part of the organization restoring the existence of inmates and going through their medical desires. “We thank God for making the difference in the lives of prisoners,” Onyeka stated. In his comments, Mr Tunde Ladipo, the Controller of Prison, Lagos State Command, recommended the NGO for its kind gesture. According to Ladipo, the Controller-General of Nigeria Prison Service, Alhaji Ja’afaru Ahmed, distributed drugs to all prisons throughout the country and the biggest consignment changed into added to Lagos State.
He said that the concept turned into to enhance the health situation of all inmates serving in diverse prisons throughout the country.. “The Nigeria Prison Service expresses its gratitude to iRestore Life Foundation for his or her contribution toward making sure that the inmates are in appropriate health situation. “We call on different NGOs to emulate your type gesture as this may go a protracted manner in improving the health situation of the inmates,” Ladipo said.