15/09/2024 - M-PESA Foundation Hosts a Free Medical Camp In Kisii County

The Foundation, in collaboration with Zuri Health and Lion SightFirst Eye Hospital, has held similar camps in eight other counties, where over 24,000 patients have benefitted.

Kisii,

Over 3,000 Kisii County residents have benefited from a free medical camp hosted by the M-PESA Foundation in partnership with Zuri Health and Lion SightFirst Eye Hospital at Kisii Primary School in Nyaribari Chache, Kisii County.

The Foundation also distributed Mama Packs at Kisii County Referral Hospital, containing essentials for mothers and babies, as part of its efforts to enhance maternal and child health.

At the medical camp, one of the major interventions is free corrective eye surgeries and checkups. Since April this year, when the Foundation launched a new phase of medical camps, over 160 patients have received free corrective eye surgeries courtesy of Lions SightFirst Eye Hospital.

“M-Pesa Foundation aims to transform lives, and we see health as one of the key pillars to guide us. Through these medical camps, we are able to bring healthcare services closer to the people, where we focus on reproductive health, eye and dental care, and non-communicable diseases,” said Peter Ndegwa, CEO, Safaricom PLC.

The camp offered other services, including breast and cervical cancer screening, fistula screening, general doctor consultations, diabetes screening, hypertension monitoring, and elderly and child health consultations.

Zuri Health provides technology solutions by using Artificial Intelligence (AI) screening to monitor vital signs such as pulse rate, blood pressure, and body temperature, which guide further medical advice. Zuri Health also offers patients free follow-up consultations with doctors via SMS and WhatsApp for up to six months.

So far, the Foundation has held medical camps in eight other counties including Siaya, Machakos, Bungoma, Nakuru, Kiambu, Kajiado, Nairobi and Bomet counties, where over 24,000 people have benefited. The next camp will be in Migori County on the 21st of September, and thereafter a weeklong fistula camp in the same county.