The Diary Game || 29-06-24 || Carrying Out Free Medical Checks as a Medical Practitioner with Members of a Fitness Club

It was a Saturday morning and a day to carryout a free medical checks on the health stat of members in a fitness club called Stay Fit. This is a fitness club organised by @ngoenyi in my City and she gave me this special invitation to actually conduct a medical check of members in her Club.

As a core member, I take the opportunity as a rare one and didn't want any charge for the checks except the Blood Sugar Level which those interested would have to pay a thousand naira.

Asides this, there were other things done there coupled with the checks as an implementation. Journey with me as I take you down my daily activities that day being the last Saturday of the month and a sanitation day.

As a medical practitioner, I left home with my kits which includes;

• BP apparatus
• Weighing Balance
• Blood Sugar Testing Machine
• Oximeter for SP02..... Oxygen saturation in the mouth
• Hiv Kits and some others which were beneficial for the checks

Conveying these apparatus was a major challenge as early as 6Am not until I got salvaged from my trying situation. I then arrived the center in no time and waited for the arrival of the coach herself and some other personalities. The numbers were quite impressive as a lot of people turned up with their finely dressed t-shirt. It was more like a fitness club who can be identified with their club name and dressing style which was Black and Black.

A special place under a shade in the fitness center was arranged to organise these checks, making it more professional and not something for community use. **After the place was arranged and seat given me, I took to showcasing my equipment on the surface of the table and then placed some on the floor. I didn't just start the checks immediately.

I started by enlightening the team members on Nutrition and its importance in health. Why was this necessary? Nutrition on different diseases condition like diabetes, hypertension etc and foods that can prove helpful.

It's necessary because a lot of people aren't aware of some common health challenges that may affect one's functionality and physical body activities. I drilled the ground on some common foods they should eat and shouldn't to avoid such risks as heart burn, high blood pressure and increased blood sugar level.

After giving the club a heart to heart talk on Diet and Nutrition, I left the stage to prepare for the practical aspect of it while one other health personnel took up from me and started telling the group and drilling them on healthy tips and why exercise is important to reduce some health risks as they may be.

The practical session started and I had over 10 members to do the checks. The first check carried out was the Blood Pressure Test which I used the BP apparatus to do this. This works by wrapping the badge round a person's biceps and then tie it to the pump.

When I was done doing so, I pressed the pump to push air into the badge so it can bring out the pressure from one's arms to heart [heart beat] and then results are reflected on a small deflective scale. From the scale readings, I could determine when one's blood pressure is normal and when one is high.

After the blood pressure test, I took to doing Hiv test and also the availability of weighing balance was to check one's weight no matter the size. If you see in the picture, it shows some kits I was with which included a needle to preek one's finger and then take out blood samples for the test.

	Hiv and other kits
	Using the weighing balance

When I was done with this and others, I took to carrying out the blood sugar level test of which a thousand naira which is a about 3.5 steems was paid to do the test. 6 people were interested in doing the test and it was carried out successfully.

Observation time: The members of this club are all sound in health only for a slight increase in blood pressure and sugar level imbalance. Some of the members were detected of high blood pressure and drugs prescribed for them.

After the whole exercise was done, coach instructed a little stretch was done that day before leaving. The stretches were done while I was busy offering some health tips and recommendations to some others. After the reggae play the blues. We all shut down the place with entertainment of all forms and took pictures. Thanks to the sponsors who made our day a memorable one.

To all the stay fitters on steemit, @ngoenyi, @fifapresido,@alli001, @kidi40, @happyluv, @aunatev, @chichigirl etc........

All pictures are owned and referenced to our photographer @alli001.