The Ghanaian medical team attending to the Marwahin residents
The Ghana Battalion in Lebanon has organised free medical and dental care for some residents of Marwahin, a town in South Lebanon.
The outreach was to assist the local populace with some medical care as part of its humanitarian assistance to civilians.
The exercise, according to the senior medical officer and leader of the medical outreach team, Major Kofi Nyarko Oppong, was aimed at strengthening the relationship between the residents and the battalion.
Expressing his happiness about the attendance, Major Oppong said the team was able to treat close to 40 Lebanese and some Syrian refuges during the exercise.
“All persons, including children, turned up for the medical care, with the oldest person being around 90 years of age and the youngest, a seven-month-old baby,” Major Oppong hinted.
He said the medical team provided free consultation, dental care and medications for all the ailments that were presented, adding that most of the patients expressed their satisfaction at the level of care provided by the team.
The Moukhtar of Marwahin, Salen Ghannam, expressed his gratitude to the Ghanaian Battalion for the free medical support to his community.
He said due to the lack of medical care in the area, residents had to travel all the way to Tyre and other neighbouring towns just to seek medical attention.
Mr. Ghannam indicated that the lack of proximity of medical facilities in the area was a persistent challenge over the years, hinting that the kind gesture would go a long way to cement the existing relationship between the community and UNIFIL.
The Ghana Battalion, with the nucleus being the 64th Infantry Regiment of the Ghana Army made up of 850 All Ranks, was deployed in Lebanon in July 2018 for a one-year peacekeeping duty.
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By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey