NYSC Mobile Clinic: FG Launches Free Medical Healthcare Consultancy

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has launched a free medical healthcare consultancy service called NYSC Mobile clinic for Nigerians.

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Director-General, Brig. General Shuaib Ibrahim had called on the federal government and other partners to provide mobile clinics with which corps members could move from community to community, attending to the health needs of the people, particularly in rural areas.

Shuaib Ibrahim made the call at the launch of the National Health Initiative For Rural Dwellers (NHIR) in Damagazan Hausawa in Karu community, Abuja.

NYSC Mobile clinic for Nigerians.In February 2022, the first lady, Aisha Buhari inaugurated the NYSC mobile clinic alongside the corps' first quarter 2022 Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers (HIRD), an initiative that was conceptualised in 2014 to provide accessible, free, and timely healthcare intervention to Nigerians especially rural dwellers.

The NYSC Mobile Clinic programme brings together Corps Medical Doctors, Optometrists, Pharmacists, Nurses, and other health specialists for free outreaches to the poor in remote areas.