ASA Savings and Loans Limited on Friday, July 22, 2022, organised free health screening for its customers of Inchaban Business Center at the premises of the Company at Inchaban, Takoradi.
The business center which falls under the Anaji area in the Western Division undertook the exercise at a total cost of four thousand, nine hundred and thirty-three Ghana cedis (GHS4,933.00).
A total number of three hundred and nine (309) people (clients and non-clients) benefited from the exercise.
The free health screening exercise covered malaria, Hepatitis B, BP, Sugar level, general screening and free medicine prescription.
According to the Head of the Medical Team, Mrs. Helena Gaisie, the most occurring diseases after the screening were Malaria and High Blood Pressure.
Beneficiaries with such problems especially High Blood Pressure were counseled on the disease and what they can do to stop or minimize its effect.
They were counseled on sugar intake, salt and the rate of alcohol consumption. The beneficiaries were also encouraged on the need for regular exercise, good dieting and enough rest.
Some of the customers who spoke to the media personnel present indicated their appreciation and gratefulness to the company for embarking on the program.
They expressed their gratitude in the sense that, it offered them the awareness of their health status. They also stated their readiness to yield to the advice given by the medical team.
The Branch Manager of the Business Centre, Mr. Michael Owusu Ninchie in his remarks said “as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility we deem it fit to organize such health screening for our Business centre and people within our area of operation periodically. The goal is to inform and educate these people on their health status and offer substantial assistance to help keep our very important society in good health.”
At the end of the screenings, the Area Manager (Anaji Area) for the company, Mr. Samuel Odoom said, “there was the need for this Health Screening as it forms part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibilities.”
He added that the gesture was to help the needy as has been done by the company in the past. He urged the private sector to make a conscious effort to meet the needs rather than the wants of their stakeholders through CSR.
He emphasizes that there are more things the company has planned to do as apart of its CSRs.
Source: Modern Ghana
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