A two-week long free medical treatment, surgery, drugs and optometric treatment which ended in Ibadan last Thursday has found that pain was the commonest complaint of most people that come out to seek medical assistance.Speaking at the Nustreams Conference Centre, the operational base of the International medical mission to Ibadan, which was organised by Mose Lake Medical Mission Team in collaboration with the Bridge Network and Jason Foundation, Dr Lateef Olaniyan, Moses Lake Medical Mission team administrator, said many of the people treated at the fair had various degrees of pain.Dr Olaniyan, who remarked that the free medical mission was a response to meeting health needs of indigent people in the community, stated that irrespective of reports indicating increase in number of people with raised blood pressure and sugar levels, many people now live with various types of pain that require medical attention.The expert, who linked the complaints of pain by many people to poor state of Nigerian roads, stated that people should be cautious of their stress level as well as exposure to heat as they are contributory factors to raised blood pressure in black people.According to him, much as some peoples' blood pressure may rise when being attended to by health workers that they do not know, it was important that individuals regularly have their blood pressure measured.Dr Olaniyan stated: 'peoples' blood pressure when measured under a situation like this cannot be accurate. But it is supposed to be an eye opener that they should monitor their blood pressure and to take care of their health.'Milton Herman, the optometrist in the team of 28 medical experts, stressed the need for people to shield their eyes from the sun, saying some eye problems are best protected by wearing sunshades with ultraviolet shields.Mr Herman, who commented on the severity of many of the eye problems attended to, argued that more attention be paid by parents in prevent eye injury from sharp or pointed objects such as broom sticks and slapping the face of children.Pastor Francis Madojemu, the pastor-in-charge, Bridge Network said the church decided to support the international medical team in line with the dictates of the Holy Bible as well as to make a difference in the lives of people with health needs.The free medical exercise, which attended to over 500,000 cases in a spate of two weeks, he stated was supported with medications worth over 100,000 dollars and 15,000 pairs of prescription glasses, reading glasses and sunglasses. It also distributed soaps, body lotion, toothbrushes, perfumes and writing materials to children at Nustreams conference centre, Ibadan, the venue of the medical outreach.
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