INVIVIO Plans to Treat 2, 500, 000 Nigerians Free Annually To Improve Health Care
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The spate of drug abuse, poor diagnosis and lack of access to quality healthcare among Nigerians leave much to be desired. Today, it is no longer news that most Nigerian youths have taken to drug addiction while self-medications have become the order of the day in almost every home.
According to experts, these have resulted to untimely deaths of individuals and severe medical complications in many. Worse still, the non-availability of health information has almost made it impossible to prevent even the commonest disease.
However, in what seems like a rescue mission to improve the quality of health care in Nigeria by working within the core principles of primary health care as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), INVIVO Health & Beauty stores introduced a one-stop destination for all health and beauty needs with over 10,000 Nigerians treated free of charge within one year in its three stores located in Lagos, Abuja and Ibadan.
Speaking during a tour of its facilities in Lagos and Ibadan, the Director, Mr. John Onyeoguzoro, who disclosed that plans are underway to have 500 stores across Nigeria, said the goal of the company is to treat 2,500,000 Nigerians free of charge annually.
“Already two more outlets are currently in the pipeline and these will run a pharmacy and treatment room with a resident doctor offering free consultations on daily basis.”
Onyeoguzoro noted that INVIVO, a subsidiary of Smartmark Limited, was established to address social problems such as lack of easy access to primary healthcare; the menace of counterfeit and fake dugs; self-medication; and lack of early diagnosis of potentially fatal disease conditions.
According to the Founder INVIVO Health Plus Free Clinic, Mr. Yakubu Gobir,, in line with the company’s objectives, INVIVO is determined as a patient-centred and health focused business, to support the government towards achieving its primary healthcare goals.
He said the free health check facility in all INVIVO stores allows patients to walk-in; get their vitals checked and a resident doctor or nurse to consult free of charge.
“Health is one of the basic rights of life, but unfortunately a lot of Nigerians don’t have access to it.”
Gobir explained that the organization is managed by seasoned professionals who have spent years of their careers in the pharmaceutical sector and understands where gaps exist and to offer solutions.
Narrating their experiences since inception in 2014, he noted that the incidence of drug abuse is on the rise among young people. “There was a time a young boy came here to ask for codeine based cough and cold syrup. We walked him out because he didn’t come with prescription, because they are regulated products and subject to abuse.”
Also conducting journalists round its INVIVO health facility in Ibadan, Dr. Funto Ogundapo disclosed that no fewer than 3,000 patients have been treated free of charge in the last 10 months.
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