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Liberia: JFK Needs U.S.$6 Million to Regain Pre-War Status
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The NEWS (Monrovia)
22 July 2008
Posted to the web 22 July 2008
Alloycious David
Monrovia
The General Administrator of the government-owned John F. Kennedy (JFK) hospital has told the budget hearings at the Legislature on Friday that the hospital would need at least US$6 million to rehabilitate the medical center to its pre-war status.
Dr. Wvannie Scott McDonald said there were pressing needs at JFK regarding its resuscitation.
"We want to get the medical center up and moving so that it is functional and operational to meet the needs of citizens," Scott McDonald said.
She told the hearings that the Hospital needs renovation, recruitment of "competent experts" and physicians.
Scott McDonald also underscored the need to train more para-medical personnel at the Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts (TNIMA), a training arm of the Hospital.
"We do not have laboratory technicians. We need people in that field," she told the joint Legislative Committee.
She told the hearings that the Hospital intends to allocate money for the training of mid-wives, health care workers, physician assistants and more nurses.
But she pointed out that the Hospital cannot absorb more students into its training programs because the dormitories were in ruins as a result of the civil war (1989 - 2003).
She also said despite the growing rate of teenage pregnancies and births, the Hospital lacks women center.
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The JFK has an appropriation of US$4.6 million in the draft fiscal National Budget for 2008-2009, meaning that the JFK Administrator is requesting an increase of US$1.4 million.
Interesting article. Please note that the WorldBank has approved a grant of 8.5 million USD mid 2007 towards the Health Sytems Reconstruction Project in Liberia. This project aims to boost the health sytem performance, e.g. reduce child mortality and improve maternal health. After having selected a procurement and consultancy agency the first projects are now floated. For example, in total 4 digital X-ray machines will be procured, destined also for JFK Hospital.
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