The Osun State Government, underneath Governor Ademola Adeleke, has reaffirmed its dedication to accessible healthcare supply, with over 200 major healthcare centres renovated and upgraded underneath the administration.
The authorities mentioned the interventions, alongside free medical programmes and expanded medical health insurance protection, had been aimed toward decreasing monetary boundaries to healthcare and bettering the well-being of residents throughout the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Health, Dr Adekunle Akindele, disclosed this on Monday whereas flagging off a three-day free medical outreach organised by Rotary Clubs in collaboration with the Osun Health Insurance Agency (OSHIA) and the Rasaq Akindele Foundation (RAF).
The outreach, scheduled to run from October 12 to 14, 2026, is holding at Platinum Embassy Specialist Hospital, reverse the New Ede City Stadium, Owode-Ede Road.
Akindele, who represented Governor Adeleke on the occasion, mentioned the initiative was designed to enhance entry to important healthcare companies, notably for residents who would possibly in any other case wrestle to afford medical therapy.
He counseled the collaborating Rotary Clubs, together with Rotary Club of Agbale Ede, Rotary Club of Osogbo Central, Rotary Club of Osogbo GRA, Rotary Club of Oroki Osogbo, Rotary Club of Osogbo Metropolitan and Rotary Club of Osogbo Sunrise, for pooling their assets and experience to help weak members of society.
The governor’s aide additionally praised OSHIA and RAF for partnering with the Rotary Clubs, describing the collaboration for instance of how authorities businesses, philanthropic organisations and humanitarian teams might work collectively to deal with healthcare challenges.
He notably acknowledged the contributions of OSHIA, underneath the management of its Executive Secretary, Dr Rasaq Akindele, to increasing entry to inexpensive and inclusive healthcare within the state.
According to him, the outreach will present ophthalmological companies, together with free cataract and pterygium surgical procedures, in addition to corrective glasses for beneficiaries requiring eye care.
He added that dental companies would even be accessible, together with scaling and sharpening, tooth extraction, glass ionomer cement (GIC) fillings and composite build-up, to deal with numerous oral well being wants.
The programme will even characteristic the distribution of reusable sanitary pads to feminine inmates in correctional centres throughout the state and women in chosen secondary faculties, an intervention Akindele mentioned would promote menstrual hygiene, dignity and confidence amongst beneficiaries.
He mentioned the outreach aligned with the Adeleke administration’s dedication to making sure that residents’ entry to important healthcare was not decided by their monetary circumstances or social backgrounds.
Akindele disclosed that the state authorities’s ongoing funding in major healthcare infrastructure had included the supply of solar-powered electrical energy and water amenities to enhance service supply, including that Osun emerged because the best-performing state within the South-West within the Primary Healthcare Leadership Challenge in 2024 and 2025.
He additional mentioned the federal government’s Imole Medical Outreach had benefited practically 80,000 residents, in response to authorities figures, whereas medical health insurance protection had been prolonged to weak teams, together with pensioners and individuals dwelling with disabilities.
The governor’s aide additionally highlighted the administration’s help for healthcare employees via hazard allowances and measures aimed toward bettering their welfare and strengthening service supply.
He urged residents to benefit from the free medical companies and known as on neighborhood leaders, college authorities and different stakeholders to mobilise eligible beneficiaries to take part within the programme.
Akindele additionally appealed to company organisations, foundations {and professional} associations to emulate the collaborating Rotary Clubs, OSHIA and RAF by supporting initiatives that enhance healthcare entry and neighborhood welfare.
He expressed the state authorities’s appreciation to the organisers, sponsors, medical professionals and volunteers, reiterating its readiness to collaborate with organisations dedicated to bettering the well being and well-being of Osun residents.
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