28/10/2024 - Over 3000 Residents In Homa Bay Benefit From A Free M-PESA Foundation Medical Camp

The medical camp which is themed on Cancer Awareness focuses on screening, providing support to cancer patients, and creating awareness.

More than 3,000 residents in Homa Bay County benefitted from a free specialised medical camp hosted by the M-PESA Foundation in partnership with Zuri Health and Lion SightFirst Eye Hospital at Kandienge Primary School.

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

This marked M-PESA Foundation's final cancer-themed medical camp, as the world continues to observe Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Foundation had invested KES 36 million to hold the camps in 4 counties, where the focus is on screening and providing healthcare services related to breast, prostate, cervical, and colon cancer.

“As we continue to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we aim to raise as much awareness as possible on the importance of early cancer screenings for better chances at treatment. This marks our third cancer-themed medical camp, where we have provided breast, cervical, colon and prostate cancer screenings for patients in Nairobi, Taita Taveta and Murang’a Counties,” said Barack Odero, Trustee, Safaricom Foundation.

Patients diagnosed with or at risk of cancer received nutritional and psychosocial support, while telemedicine was also leveraged to enable patients to consult with oncologists. To ensure proper aftercare, the foundation has also committed to providing free one-year medical cover for up to 20 patients diagnosed with cancer at each of the camps.

The medical camps so for the month were held in Nairobi, Taita Taveta and Murang’a Counties, respectively. Other services offered at the camp were eye care consultations, fistula screening, general doctor consultations, diabetes screening, hypertension monitoring, and elderly and child health consultations in partnership with Zuri Heath, Lion’s Sightfirst Eye Hospital, and the respective county governments.