The Osun State Government, beneath Governor Ademola Adeleke, has reaffirmed its dedication to accessible healthcare supply, with over 200 major healthcare centres renovated and upgraded beneath the administration.
The authorities mentioned the interventions, alongside free medical programmes and expanded medical insurance protection, have been geared toward lowering monetary obstacles to healthcare and enhancing 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 providers, significantly for residents who would possibly in any other case battle to afford medical therapy.
He counseled the taking part 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 sources and experience to help susceptible members of society.
The governor’s aide additionally praised OSHIA and RAF for partnering with the Rotary Clubs, describing the collaboration for example of how authorities businesses, philanthropic organisations and humanitarian teams may work collectively to handle healthcare challenges.
He significantly acknowledged the contributions of OSHIA, beneath the management of its Executive Secretary, Dr Rasaq Akindele, to increasing entry to reasonably priced and inclusive healthcare within the state.
According to him, the outreach will present ophthalmological providers, together with free cataract and pterygium surgical procedures, in addition to corrective glasses for beneficiaries requiring eye care.
He added that dental providers would even be obtainable, together with scaling and sprucing, tooth extraction, glass ionomer cement (GIC) fillings and composite build-up, to handle numerous oral well being wants.
The programme can even function the distribution of reusable sanitary pads to feminine inmates in correctional centres throughout the state and ladies in chosen secondary colleges, 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 availability 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 almost 80,000 residents, based on authorities figures, whereas medical insurance protection had been prolonged to susceptible teams, together with pensioners and individuals residing with disabilities.
The governor’s aide additionally highlighted the administration’s help for healthcare staff by hazard allowances and measures geared toward enhancing their welfare and strengthening service supply.
He urged residents to make the most of the free medical providers and known as on group 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 taking part Rotary Clubs, OSHIA and RAF by supporting initiatives that enhance healthcare entry and group 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 enhancing the well being and well-being of Osun residents.
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