Free health screening exercise has been organized for over 2,000 residents in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region.

The beneficiary communities include Amanase, Asuboi, Teacher Mante, and Anum-Apapamu.

The exercise was organized by Ernest Kwasi Addo Foundation which saw the aged, market women and children being screened for blood pressure, malaria, diabetes, hepatitis B and C, and other general medical conditions.

Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, Ernest Addo, also a native of the area, explained that the screening exercise was organized to put the residents who mostly don’t get time to attend hospital in check.

He indicated the Foundation would also organize health educational talks community members on health-related issues.

The residents expressed their appreciation to the foundation and called for more of such exercises which according to them has brought relief to them.