Rotary Ballito, in conjunction with the Honorary Officers of Amatigulu Nature Reserve, hosted a Family health day in the reserve in April.
Working together with the Department of Health, 10 practitioners provided medical services to 78 local citizens free of charge. The services ranged from AIDS testing to pregnancy tests, child nutrition, diabetes and blood pressure testing and several others.
Where necessary, patients are referred on to clinics for further testing.
A nurse from the DoH testing one of the field rangers from Amatigulu NR
DoH staff worked from a number of stations in the education centre.
Local residents were ready and waiting long before the clinic opened for business. Some came by tractor, some by truck and some walked kilometers in order to attend.
HO and Rotarian Paul Risi used his vehicle to collect patients and deliver them to the site of the temporary clinic.
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