Residents of Moree, a fishing community in the Abura Asebu Kwamankese District of the Central Region have been screened and dewormed by medical officials and the Rotary Club.

The exercise is expected to keep them fit and free from diseases as they await they end of the fishing closed season.

The Rotary Club of Cape Coast, Anaji and Sekondicame up with the idea to undertake the exercise, as most of the fisherfolk have not undergone health screening and deworming for years.

Moree is one of the largest fishing communities in the Central Region. The fishing season has been closed and residents are hoping and preparing ahead of its re-opening.

But the Rotary club of Cape Coast and their counterparts from Anaji and Sekondi say they want the people in an area such as Moree to get fit and healthy for life after the closed season.

Nearly 500 of the fisherfolk have been dewormed and medically screened.

President of the Cape Coast Central Club of Rotary, Rev. Fr. Stephen Amoah Gyasi said deprived and poverty-endemic communities like Moree should be supported as many do not have the wherewithal to access healthcare.

He lamented, “People didn’t know that they had various eye diseases. And so, they were surprised when they were screened. We have supported them with medication and others, we gave eyeglasses.”

He appealed to the public to check their health from time-to-time saying routine checks help one to live better. He added, “But unfortunately, it’s hard to come by an eye clinic in a place like Moree. To get spectacles is not in the insurance and so the poor woman or man living in the fishing community finds it difficult to get the spectacles.”

MP for Abura Asebu Kwamankese, Elvis Morris Donkoh, who is a Rotarian, said he would do more to ensure that the exercise is sustained for the good health of his people.

President of the rotary club, Sekondi Takoradi recommended children and adult deworm periodically to keep them fit.

The residents of the fishing communities expressed their excitement about the exercise and called for it to be regularised.