The International College of Surgeons (ICS), has conducted over 150 free surgeries in three hospitals in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to enhance access to quality healthcare services at the grassroots.
Prof. Titus Ibekwe, Zonal Coordinator, Abuja branch, said this in the ICS Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference in Abuja.
Ibekwe, who is also Chairman, Local Organising Committee of the conference, said the gesture was part of its cooperate social responsibilities.
He said the surgeries which included obstetrics and gynaecology, urological, endoscopic/laser, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), eye among others, were carried out in Maitama, Asokoro and Nyanya Genaral Hospitals.
The chairman, who identified ICS as a humanitarian organisation, whose motto is, giving back to the society, said members donated their talents freely to help mankind, especially the less privilege in the society.
According to him, the exercise is to bring health to the doorsteps of the masses who could The chairman pledged the commitment of the college towards uplifting the country’s health sector through reduction in the disease burden.
Ibekwe said, through sustained free medical outreaches and surgeries, ICS would reduce the disease burden and scale up health indices.
Dr Maurice Ezeoke, President, ICS Nigerian Section, described the theme as apt in view of the disruption to surgical services experienced globally in the past few years.
He said the organisation’s mission was to foster world wide surgical excellence through education, training, fellowship and humanitarian effects.
According to him, its vision is to improve the lives of patients through the development and education of members and advancement of the medical field.
ICS is a global organisation founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1935 by Dr Max Thorex with headquarters in Chicago. High point of the conference was the foundation laying ceremony of ICS Secretariat in Abuja.
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