Three premature babies have died at the polyclinic of the Gambia’s main referral hospital on Monday evening following a transformer explosion along Marina Parade in Banjul. The incident plunged the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital (EFSTH) area into pitch-darkness and seriously affected medical interventions at the polyclinic. The development has[Read More…]
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Patients Left Lying At Ndemban Clinic For Days Without Vital Surgical Care
One of the cracks in the Gambia’s healthcare system is the apparent inability of the country’s only orthopaedics hospital to cope with the patient numbers, despite the seemingly never-ending public outcry. As need for bone surgeries in The Gambia continues to mount due to various factors such as reckless driving[Read More…]
Riders For Health Donates Ambulances To Boost Emergency Care In Remote Communities
Riders for Health has donated three ambulances to health facilities in rural Gambia in a move aimed at improving emergency healthcare access for hard-to-reach communities. The vehicles were handed over on Thursday at the organization’s headquarters and allocated to Farato Medical Clinic, Foni Berefet, and Ndikiri Kunda Health Centre. Although[Read More…]
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