ONUA PA holds health screening for aged

A non-governmental organisation, ONUA PA Foundation, has organised its fourth health screening and get-together for the elderly at Apirede-Akuapem in the Eastern Region.

A team of volunteer medical officers and nurses screened over 100 elderly men and women for diabetes and hypertension.

The ONUA PA foundation is an organisation that advocates better care for elderly persons.

With support from Sambus Ghana Limited, a leading Information Technology firm, the event was also used to educate the elderly on how to live healthy lifestyles.

After the health outreach, participants in the event engaged in fun activities and also held a quiz competition.

Addressing the participants, the Chairman of the foundation, Mr Blessed Ayisis remarked that old age was a blessing from God, hence the need for the youth to give maximum care to the elderly.

He announced that Onua Pa Foundation was preparing to build a Seniors Centre along the Adukrom-Apirede road, which would serve as a meeting place for sharing ideas and for socialisation.

Senior Citizens, he said, would thus feel appreciated and experience less boredom in their lives.