LBS alumni provide free medical care to 300 Bariga residents

Three hundred vulnerable residents of Ilaje community in Bariga received free medical consultations, health checks and medicines through an outreach organized by Lagos Business School’s Advanced Management Programme 26 alumni and Hallmark HMO.

The outreach took place at Better Life Fish Market and served 200 adults, particularly women, and 100 children. Healthcare professionals checked beneficiaries’ vital signs and blood sugar levels, after which doctors discussed their conditions and provided medication.

Hon. David Ogunniyi, president of the AMP 26 class and a member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, described the initiative as a way of giving back to society. “We collaborated with Hallmark HMO to bring medical professionals, nurses and doctors, and free drugs to this community to ensure residents have access to basic healthcare needs,” he said.

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We collaborated with Hallmark HMO to bring medical professionals, nurses and doctors, and free drugs to this community to ensure residents have access to basic healthcare needs.

Ogunniyi said the class consisted of 40 professionals who completed their advanced management training at Lagos Business School in 2014. He said the group carries out corporate social responsibility projects every year in Lagos and other parts of the country, describing the Bariga outreach as part of both the class’s tradition and the school’s culture of community service.

Hallmark HMO Managing Director Adeogun Oladotun said preventive care was less costly than treating advanced medical conditions. “We are all better off coming from the angle of preventive care than when an individual has a medical condition,” she said. “For those already with a medical issue, managing their condition consistently can help them avoid complications.”

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We are all better off coming from the angle of preventive care than when an individual has a medical condition.