Over eight thousand rural dwellers in Adamawa state have received free medical treatment and surgeries for various illnesses at the just concluded Senator Binos Medical Outreach in Ganye local government. Those treated at the four-day free exercise are believed to be the less privileged from different rural communities who cannot afford basic medical care.

Dr. Kamshak Leyil who represented the lead physician, Dr. Dah at the closing ceremony of the event said the team have exceeded their target of 8000 patients because of the large turnout of people from various communities within the Ganye chiefdom. While giving the rundown of the surgeries and medical care given to the patients, Dr. Leyil said “it has been a very wonderful experience and very high turnout of patients. I want to commend the sponsor of this program, Sen. Binos. We had a very wonderful experience and the patients have had a very special care in the four days of the free medical outreach.
“So far, we have exceeded our target with about eighty patients; we’ve treated 8, 080 patients. We have dispensed about 700 reading glasses, extracted about 260 cataracts, the dental department have been able to carry out about 286 procedures, we have 302 general surgeries and 103 got medical services for ear, nose and throat, 178 family planning. About 4206 basic tests for patients were ran at the laboratory.”

The traditional ruler of the Ganye chiefdom, Alh. Umaru Adamu Sanda, Gangwari Ganye commended the lawmaker for bringing the free medical outreach to his domain for the second time. He said that the gestures have no doubt alleviate the suffering of the people. “I am highly impressed and we appreciate what the senator is doing by alleviating the health problems of our people,” the Gangwari said.

He called on the people to take advantage of the free medical care received by obeying the instructions given to them by the doctors and taking their medicines at the right time.
Senator Binos had during the opening ceremony said that, the gesture is in continuation of his efforts to bring succor to his people especially at the grassroot who cannot afford their medical health care services and that of their families.

“It is nothing new really but just a continuation of what we have been doing to our people in Adamawa south, since our election in 2019. It is in response to their yearnings and aspirations and we will not disappoint them .it is something they come to identify us with and we will leave up to these responsibilities.

“We will continued to do our best and lived up to our responsibilities and expectations in this area and other needs of our people but it may not be in the same format and frequently like in our first tenure”

He vowed to continue to give special priority to the health needs of his people but not at the expense of other pressing needs.

According to him, the health needs of his people who have been neglected and mostly leaving in the rural areas is so dear to him and this intervention have safe so many lives and families who were forced to leave with so many ailments for decades due to poverty hence his decision to give priority to it.

Binos further added that, it is due to the importance he attached to this that prompted his decision to also purchased mobile hospital which move to communities and villages across his senatorial district to render free medical services to his people especially those whose health conditions cannot allow them to move to venues of free medical outreaches being conducted.
This is the first since his re- election in 2023 and 12th since his election into the senate in 2019.