CAF CONTINUES MEDICAL ASSESSMENTS AND ASSISTANCE IN RESPONDING TO COVID-19 EMERGENCY
(Statement by Mr. Cummings after CAF assessment visits)
In continuation of the Cummings Africa Foundation’s needs assessment visits to hospitals in three of the counties hardest hit by COVID-19 in Liberia, we visited the C.H. Rennie Hospital and the Bahcolleh Health Facility in Margibi County. We met the administrators and medical staff at both facilities and discussed the major challenges they are facing and their level of preparedness to fight the third wave of COVID-19.
We headed straight to Sanniquellie, Nimba County, and met with the County Medical Team and the administrators and staff at the J.W. Harley Hospital. They also shared common medical challenges across Nimba County and some specific challenges at the J.W. Harley Hospital.
We then climaxed our engagement with hospitals for the day at the Ganta United Methodist Hospital in Ganta, Nimba. We will visit additional facilities tomorrow and make a comprehensive list of the essential needs of the hospitals to help prepare them adequately to battle COVID and other pre-existing medical needs of Liberian citizens.
While we will be in the frontline to battle COVID-19, I want to encourage fellow Liberians to please continue to follow the rules. Wash hands regularly. Wear masks over their noses and mouths. Avoid crowded places. Visit the nearest hospital when they feel sick. Take the COVID vaccine to protect against the virus. Also, remember the vaccine may not prevent you from getting COVID, but it drastically reduces the severity and your chances of death.
Cummings Africa Foundation to open six (6) COVID Treatment Centers and provide medical supplies and equipment to fourteen (14) Health Centers in five (5) counties across the country: Today at 10:30am, CAF opened its first of six (6) COVID Treatment Centers at the St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital.
CAF VISITS ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC HOSPITAL AND OTHER HOSPITALS
(Statement by Mr. Cummings after CAF assessment visits)