-Several Health Centers in Margibi to benefit
By Moses M. Tokpah,mosesmtokpah@gmail.com
KAKATA, Liberia- A consignment of assorted medical supplies is expected in Liberia soon, Margibi County District #2 Representative, Ivar K. Jones has disclosed.
Rep. Jones made the disclosure to newsmen in Cotton Tree Lower, Margibi recently. He said a forty-foot container loaded with assorted medical items will arrive in the Country on the 18th or the 25th of February 2020. He named some of the items as medical beds, wheels, drugs and laboratory equipment, among other things.
The District #2 Lawmaker explained that the importation of the container is as the result of his visit to the United States of America through the invitation of a US-Based Liberian organization under the banner the “Association of Firestone Residents in the Americas” (AFIRA), where he was able to build partnerships.
“When we visited the United States of America to represent our people upon an invitation from the group called AFIRA, we were able to engage partners in which upon our return those partners were able to load a forty-foot container of medical supply and we expecting the supply in Country by the 18th latest the 25th of February 2020,” the Liberian Lawmaker said.
According to him, all financial payment gear towards getting the container into Liberia and have it released from the Freeport of Monrovia have been made by him.
Rep. Jones said he has written the Ministry of Health in order to ascertain a duty free on the medical supplies on grounds that they are not for sale but will rather be distributed among the various health centers within his District and beyond.
Several public health facilities such as the Dolo Town Health Center, the Cotton Tree Health Center, the RIA Health Center and the Charlesville Health Center are to benefit from the medical supplies.
Rep. Jones noted that what his office has been doing in the District is after serving the public health facilities it sometimes extend hands to private health facilities within the District.
Private health facilities may also benefit from the medical supplies.
Meanwhile, the Margibi County Representative also said the gesture is part of one of his campaign manifesto, which talks about change and it will help to buttress the effort of the Liberian government in addressing some of the health needs of citizens.
Rep. Jones explained that he came to the political landscape of the District on the basis of change, adding, ‘because if you listen to our campaign motto “change must come, together we can” so at the end of the day you do not expect change to come when there is not unity so based upon that we have to do it collectively’.
One thing his leadership recognized, he noted is the improvement of the health sector emphasizing on a communication his office wrote in 2019 informing the central government on the shortage of drugs in Liberia.
According to him, his office therefore purchased more than US$2,000.00 worth of medical supply distributed to various health facilities couple with the donation of Fuel to the Charles Henry Rennie Hospital (C.H. Rennie).
The Lawmaker then expressed the hope that the distribution of the medical supplies expected in Liberia will set the basis for more containers to come to the Country.
In another development, Rep. Jones has also disclosed that the project management team of the Association of Firestone Residents in the Americas (AFIRA) is expected in Liberia soon.
He said the team upon arrival in the Country will mobilize for the construction of a modern Library in Cotton Tree to be used by citizens of District two.