The World Well being Group (WHO) has donated emergency medical provides to the Ministry of Well being in response to the gas tanker catastrophe that has fatally affected over 80 individuals.
Dr. Moses Jeuronlon, WHO Officer in Cost, stated throughout the handing-over of the medical provides that the provides have been WHO preliminary help to make sure the well timed provision of urgently wanted medical look after the victims of the explosion.
To ease the burden on the already outstretched well being amenities within the affected county, WHO donated gadgets together with injectable analgesics, assorted antibiotics, intravenous fluids, supplies and provides for wound dressing, examination, and surgical gloves, amongst others.
Receiving the donated gadgets, the Honorable Minister of Well being, Dr Wilhelmina Jallah, counseled WHO for the well timed donations to the MOH in response to the gas tanker catastrophe.
Dr Jallah stated WHO has all the time been a dependable associate and supporter in troublesome instances and the emergency medical provides shall be used instantly to alleviate the sufferings of individuals in numerous hospitals the place victims are being handled in Bong, Nimba, and Montserrado Counties.
In line with preliminary statistics offered by the Medical Director of the Phebe Hospital in Bong County, 82 instances (79 males and three females) have been reported with 42 severely injured individuals referred to the John F Kennedy Medical Middle and the 14 Army and ELWA Hospitals in Monrovia. Further two victims have been transferred to Ganta United Methodist Hospital in Nimba County. To date, as much as 4 deaths have been reported by hospital sources.
