500 persons treated during medical outreach in Region Nine

Refractionist Tracy Semple providing eye care service to a Region 9 resident (Government Information Agency photo)

Over 500 persons benefited from medical services and 49 from surgical procedures, when the Regional Health Services Unit conducted an outreach exercise over the weekend at the Lethem Hospital.

Hysterectomies, bilateral tubal ligation, orthopaedic and cholecystectomies were done along with 135 ultrasounds