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4,000 benefit from free health day

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    The medical unit of a UN peacekeeping battalion in Sierra Leone provided more than 4,000 villagers on the Freetown peninsula with free medical diagnosis and treatment over the weekend, the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) said in a news release on Monday. The event, organised by UNAMSIL’s Jordanian Medical Unit as part of its peace-building activities, targeted women, children and the elderly living in remote areas who cannot afford medical care. Illnesses treated included urinary tract infections, abdominal pains, anaemia and chest pains. There were also several cases of cataracts, tonsilitis, conjunctivitis and skin infections while dentists extracted more than 200 teeth. The Ministry of Health provided health workers on a volunteer basis to help facilitate the work. Meanwhile on Friday a Nigerian contingent of UNAMSIL plans to distribute relief food items to 3,000-4,000 people in the Goderich area of Freetown, UNAMSIL information officer Ousmane Lahai told IRIN on Tuesday.

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