 Following the ongoing strike in Batupon by the National Association of Resident Doctors, over 7,000 patients with various illnesses have tripped out for free medical outreach, organized by the lawmaker representing Southern Zone in Adamawa. The outreach which took place in Tongo local government area saw patients from all parts of Adamawa and other states plunging to the venue. One of the highlights of the four-day medical outreach is a successful surgery of ectopic pregnancies by two patients who could not get treatment as a result of the ongoing strike in Batupon by the National Association of Resident Doctors, NART. The parents of the patients say for over two weeks they have not been able to see a doctor at the Federal Medical Center, YOLA, and could not afford the costs, but as of today, their children are recuperating. The lawmaker representing Adamawa, Southern Zone, Bilos Yaro says his decision to embark on the exercise is due to the importance he attaches to the health needs and survival of his people. He promises that the medical intervention will not end with the completion of the remaining outreach in three local government areas, but will continue while he remains at the National Assembly. I have done things in other areas, but like I keep saying, my priority is health. So that is where I put more of my effort. And like I said in the opening day, you need to fall sick before you know the importance of being healthy. And if you have all the money in this world and you are not well, you will not enjoy that money. So health is number one, then other things can follow. Some of the medical practitioners at the venue laments the series of the challenges they have faced since the nut strike. They, however, appeal to the federal government to do everything possible to address the needs of the rest inductors. In the position of carrying this treatment, actually, the challenges we face, you know, I have to make this one clear. This particular medical outreach is coming up when there is almost a total collapse of the health sector at the federal level. And because of that, we have a massive number of people coming from Numan, Cameroon, Yola. And I believe it's because of that problem we have. It was always held in Guinea, but now it has come to our area and it is our people that are going to join us there. So some have come. So we started, we joined hand together with them. They also use our staff here together with them. So we work together with them hand in hand in solving this, serving this free health care. Earlier, the lawmaker who expressed worry over the massive turnout promised to take up the matter to the National Assembly for swift action.