MKU kicks off a 4-day Free Medical Camp for public at their main campus.
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| A section of the participants at the MKU Free Medical Camp at their main campus in Thika. |
Mount Kenya University on Monday kicked off a Free Medical
Camp at its main campus in Thika.
The camp that was officially flagged off by its Vice
Chancellor Prof. Stanley Waudo will run until Thursday 2nd August
2018 and will offer free medical services to members of the public.
It was preceded by a ‘Free cancer screening sensitization
walk’ where participants walked around Thika town.
It has been organised by a team specialist doctors from the MKU
College of Health Sciences in conjunction with their colleagues from Nanavati
Hospital, India, Kiambu County and Zambezi Hospital.
There will be free lifestyle diseases awareness and cancer
screening services at the medical camp whose theme is “My Health is My Wealth: Take the
step, reduce the risks”.
The Medical Camp is an important engagement with members of
the community and it is the Universities Corporate Social Responsibility.
Among some of the services to be offered include:-
- Screening
for non -communicable lifestyle diseases- hypertension and diabetes
- Nutrition
assessment and Health education on lifestyle diseases.
- Cervical
cancer screening
- Breast
cancer screening
- Prostate
Cancer Screening
- Counseling
services
- Dental/Oral
Health services.
- Voluntary
Counseling and Testing (HIV/AIDS)
“We hopes that members of the public will get access to
quality cancer and lifestyle diseases screening at no cost. In addition to the
screening, visitors to the medical camp will also receive advice on nutrition
in addition to enjoying dental services at no cost. We hope to extend similar
support to other regions of the Country in future,” Dr. Kirira, Director of the
MKU Foundation.
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