Over 10,000 residents in Berekum have been targeted to benefit from free healthcare services as part of the upcoming medical outreach by Ghana Medical Relief (GMR). The initiative, scheduled to run from July 21 to July 25, 2025, will provide a wide range of essential health interventions to residents in Berekum and surrounding communities.

The President of GMR, Dr Samuel Owusu, announced the initiative during the launch of the outreach in Accra last Friday. 

He explained that the project aims to close the healthcare gap in deprived communities. “We have witnessed cases where people have never met a healthcare provider in their entire lives,” the President said. “Our goal is to ensure that individuals gain access to preventive care before their conditions become severe.”

The GMR, a registered non-profit organisation in both Ghana and the United States, will deploy 110 medical volunteers, including doctors, nurses, dentists, and surgeons, for the outreach. 
According to the President, the mission aligns with GMR’s philosophy of “providing healthcare one village at a time.”
The outreach will also offer services in general medicine, paediatrics, dentistry, urology, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, and psychiatry.

Support, sustainability 

In an interview with the Daily Graphic, Dr Owusu stressed that patients diagnosed with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension would receive immediate support. This will include free medication and NHIS enrolment to facilitate follow-up treatment.

Unlike many short-term medical missions, GMR has adopted a sustainability model that enables patients to access continuous care after the outreach.