-Says Louisiana Township Clinic OIC; Cries Out for Help
By Mark N. Mengonfia
It takes 15.5 miles or 25km driving distance from Capitol Monrovia to Louisiana Township in Montserrado County, a township that was established around the 1930 when free slaves arrived in Liberia many years back.
As near as this township is to Monrovia, it is facing serious health challenges as the only public health facility in the area also needs to be helped.
The township falls in Montserrado County District number one and is represented by Rugie Yatu Barry.
Making an annual report at the Township sitting recently, the Officer-in-Charge of the Louisiana Township Clinic, Anthony K. Borwah flanked by works of the facility placed before the commissioner of the Township things affecting the smooth provision of safe health delivery to the people of the area.
In his report, OIC Borwah told the gathering that they are faced with power supply especially when there are power outages at night and a leaking building, conditions he said are unsafe for them and the patients.
“Sometimes we use flashlights or our phone lights to carry out delivery” the OIC said.
He said the practice is dangerous lamenting that they as health care providers could even contract sicknesses such as infection or HIV from such delivery.
When he was quizzed by The Local Daily about how long this has been happened, he said, “ For the past two months and we do not have generator so that when there is no LEC we can use it in case we have emergency cases.”
Although the clinic is facing power and leakages of its building, they have made gains over the one-year period under review.
OIC Borwah reported that the clinic recorded zero maternal deaths, conducted 130 deliveries, and referred 6.
He said during the one-year period, the clinic recorded a total of 130 patients with HIV and AIDS, most of them responding to treatment and 17 patients out of 48 patients with TB have recovered.
