Cocoa farmers enjoy free health screening services – The Ghanaian Standard

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More than 136 cocoa from different farmer cooperative societies around Yamfo, in the and Bechem Cocoa Districts of the Brong- Region, have participated in a day's programme.  

The event was organised by the Brong- Regional Office of the () in collaboration with the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in and the Students' Representative Council of the College of Health in Yamfo.  

The cocoa farmers were screened to ascertain their sugar levels, status, hypertension and eye diseases, and allowed patients access to general healthcare consultation alongside other basic health checks, to ensure quality service delivery at their disposal.   

Mr Michael P.K. Asumanu, the Regional Administrator of the , told the in an interview, that doses were also administered to farmers who had not received any, or completed their ,.  

The purpose of the exercise was to provide convenient to farmers who might not have had the time to visit for medical care, he said.  

Mr Asumanu said the exercises would be conducted regularly with an expanded scope to cover all Cocoa Districts in the Brong-Ahafo Cocoa Region.  

The cocoa farmers expressed gratitude for the initiative and appealed to the organisers to keep to their assurance of conducting it on regular basis.

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Source: Benjamin Akoto
Via: GNA

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