UCH TO CONDUCT THOUSANDS OF SURGERIES FOR FREE -- PROF TEMITOPE ALONGE

Ibadan—REPRIEVE has come the way of thousands of
indigent people living in rural areas and cities in Oyo
State as the University College Hospital, Ibadan in
conjunction with the Federal Ministry of health has begun
free screening and treatment and surgeries for those who
have non communicable diseases like uterine fibroid,
diabetes and others.

This disclosure was made Monday by the Chief Medical
Director of the teaching hospital, Prof. Temitope Alonge
when speaking with newsmen at the board room of the
hospital.
He said no fewer than 3,000 indigent people would
benefit from the exercise tagged Rapid Results Initiative
which he said, would be a routine.
Clarifying erroneous impression of many people that
communicable diseases kill more people than non-
communicable diseases, he said, over the years,
attention had been given to communicable diseases
which prompted medical practitioners to produce
vaccines that would check its spread, little attention was
paid to non-communicable diseases which he said now
kills more people than communicable diseases.