11 March 2008
A Liberian surgical instrument technician based in the United States of America, Robert Sumo James has disclosed plans to establish a surgical instrument repair center in the Country.
Mr. James, who has 37 years of professional experience in surgical instrument repairs, has worked with several health institutions in the America, Europe and Africa.
He told The Analyst over the weekend in Monrovia that the repairs center when established will be called the Liberia Surgical Instrument Repairs Incorporated.
"I own and operate the Independent Surgical Instruments in New Jersey. This business is what I have mainly been doing over the years in the States," Mr. James added.
He noted that preliminary talks have already begun with health authorities in the country, including Health and Social Welfare Minister, Walter T. Gwenigale and the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Bernice Dahn and discussed his intentions with them.
In his term of reference for the entity, Mr. James indicated that the company is prepared to eliminate the hurdles of importation, and making services available to the government as well as private medical institutions and facilities, making them locally accessible for immediate compliance with health needs.
"The availability of such an establishment is more than a need, it constitutes a major fiber in restoring the health and physical condition of Liberians throughout the country," he emphasized.
Mr. James noted that the establishment of the Surgical Instrument Repairs and supplies company will help our country to save money, noting that it is an initiative towards resolving some of the problems that existed in a postwar rebuilding effort.
According to the Surgical Specialist, his company affiliation and association with various major surgical instruments, manufacturing and distributing companies in the United States, would ease the problem of supplying any instruments or equipment to meet the health needs of the people.
"We will further provide employment in every aspect of the operation of this design thereby enhancing the employment capacity of our country. We will have surgical instrument repairs training programs," he said.
He also noted that while it can be expected that the central distribution center will be in the nation's capitol, Monrovia, appropriation is being considered for facilities to be established in rural areas.
"I sincerely believe that we can save our country money on new surgical instruments purchasing by repairing what is already in inventory," Mr. James said. The surgical specialist said an initial investment capital of US$50,000 is being earmarked for the establishment.
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