Days in the Life.... Victor's Chronicle

      Medical Research and Humanitarian Society       I am grateful to the executive faculty of the Medical Research and Humanitarian Society for this opening to serve. It has been a continuum of learning and empowering experiences: each member and his/her talent, skill, intelligence and speciality radiating in their respective niche, and coming together to build an evolutionary ecosystem, an energetic community. Indeed, we mean more. Me at the Medical Outreach in Umuabi, Udi Local Government Area, Enugu State   When we dedicate a great chunk of our time and service, stepping out of our comfort zone to reach out to the public, we do so as humanitarians, medical students, and doctors meaning to better the average living standard. This is our little way of creating a space of boundless medical community outreach: bringing the gamut-- research, education, clinical tests and routines-- into indigenous rural areas, into the market Square, church, schools, e...

YOHAN and FAMSA-SCOHE MEDICAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMEMORATING THE 2022 WORLD HEPATITIS DAY How it started: Is it free?!" This question from passers-by (residents and possible beneficiaries of outreach programs) has become cliche to most community outreach volunteers like myself. Some are asked out of subtle curiosity and others wear the imposing tone of an accusation as though to suggest an ulterior motive to manipulate and extort. But many Nigerians would agree with me that there is a common feeling of insecurity behind the tone of that question.  In the medical community outreach commemorating the 2022 world hepatitis day, I had not encountered more probing residents than the worshippers at St Mary's Catholic Church, Enugu. Many had already concluded we were out to make money before learning the outreach was free and some thought more than twice before giving in to the reminder that "prevention is better than cure."  I understood the residents' concern about m...