Echono’s Benue Medical Outreach Attends to 27,529 Patients, Performs Over 113 Surgeries
Echono’s Benue Medical Outreach Attends to 27,529 Patients, Performs Over 113 Surgeries
…Free healthcare brings relief to thousands across Benue State
A massive five-day free medical outreach facilitated by Architect Sonny S.T. Echono has successfully concluded, providing crucial healthcare services to 27,529 patients and conducting over 113 surgical operations across Benue State.
The outreach was organized by the North-Central Grassroots Mobilisation Movement for Tinubu/Shettima 2027. It commenced on Tuesday, October 27, and concluded on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
Key Statistics & Impact at a Glance
- Patients Attended To: 27,529
- Surgeries Performed: 113+ (including operations for hernias, appendicitis, haemorrhoids, and cataracts)
- Centres Covered: 7 healthcare facilities across Benue State
Comprehensive Healthcare Delivery Across Seven Centres
The extensive medical intervention covered seven major healthcare facilities, ensuring that residents in both urban and remote communities had access to quality care. The covered locations include:
- Makurdi
- Gboko
- Katsina-Ala
- Vandeikya
- Oju
- Ugbekpo
- Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching Hospital, Otukpo
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Services Provided to Beneficiaries
Patients who thronged the outreach centres received a wide range of free medical services and commodities, which included:
- Free medical consultations and diagnostic services
- Treatment for various ailments, including malaria, respiratory infections, and dental conditions
- Dedicated maternal and child healthcare, offering specialized attention to pregnant women and children
- Free distribution of medicines, drugs, and medical supplies to residents who could not easily afford healthcare costs
Vision and Leadership Commitment
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony held at the General Hospital, North Bank, Makurdi, Architect Sonny S.T. Echono expressed deep satisfaction with the massive turnout. He noted that the initiative was specifically designed to bring essential healthcare services closer to grassroots communities.
“This initiative is an intervention designed to bring essential healthcare services closer to our people, especially those in the grassroots who cannot easily afford quality healthcare.” — Architect Sonny S.T. Echono (National Coordinator, North-Central Grassroots Mobilisation Movement for Tinubu/Shettima 2027)
Echono, who serves as the National Coordinator of the movement, also reaffirmed his commitment to grassroots mobilisation in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Vice President Shettima, and other candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Many beneficiaries commended the intervention, describing the free medical services as timely and impactful, especially given the current economic realities that make healthcare costly for ordinary citizens
