Dagomo Foundation provides medical care to the elderly

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Dagomo Foundation provides medical care to the elderly

By Isaac Eranga

As Part of showing love, care and support to the elderly, the Dagomo Foundation, a privately owned, charitable, nonprofit organisation, has organised a two-day medical mission to the elderly in the Benin metropolis. The medical mission which started yesterday 28th December and to end today 29th December, 2017, featured diagnosis, screening and treatment of various illnesses.

Speaking at the opening of the event, the Executive Director of the Foundation, Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru said the medical mission which engaged 30 medical practitioners both from the United Kingdom and Nigeria, is part of activities carried out by Dagomo Foundation to put smiles on the faces of the elderly. "We do our best to put a smile on their faces not just through what we do, but getting their loved ones to give freely of themselves.

"Our ethos in one word is love. We give love, and provide care, support and humanitarian services for the elderly; and encourage others to do the same", she said.

Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru thanked the students of St. Paul Minor Seminary who are part of the volunteers for the event. She said the foundation is ready to partner with schools in the area of volunteering. She said volunteers are needed in all spectrum including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists and counsellors to support the noble course of the organisation. She added that a weekly entertainment center for the elderly would soon commence.

Speaking, a former Commissioner for Health in Edo State, Prof. John Momoh thanked the ex-FIRS boss for the laudable project and asked her not to relent in bringing succour to the elderly. He called on women to always examine themselves for breast cancer, saying the disease is curable when discovered early. He urged women to always press their breast while bathing and if the feel anything like seed in it, they should visit the hospital.

"The seed is strong like granite; at the beginning, it is usually not painful. However, whether it pains you or not, visit the hospital", he said.

There was donation of a dental center to the foundation by Dr. Bola Soyombo who came with her team from the UK to render humanitarian services to the elderly in  Benin City.

Photo Caption
Mrs. Ifueko Omoigui-Okauru and her husband at the opening of the medical mission

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