By Aaron Geezay,geezayaaron@gmail.com
CESSTOS, Liberia- A patient who was reportedly denied treatment at the St. Francis government hospital on Monday, September 23, 2019 due to the ongoing Health Workers’
Union go-slow is reported dead.
The victim, Jerry Yoesay was said to have been referred to the St.
Francis Hospital by nurses at the Kploh Community clinic in Zammie
Town, Central Rivercess District during the midnight on Sunday.
He was said to have suffered a severed swollen stratum which begun
with profuse running stomach.
Upon his arrival at the hospital, the victim was left unattended to
for hours after health workers at the hospital resolved in honouring
the plan of the National health Workers Union of Liberia.
Samuel Yoesay, a junior brother and caretaker of the victim told OK
News early Tuesday morning that he was told Monday by health workers
at the St. Francis Hospital that they could not provide medical
services for his brother , but the best option could be taking his
brother to Buchannan or Monrovia.
The St. Francis Hospital is the only referral hospital among the
existing 21 health centers in Rivercess.
Nineteen of the 21 health facilities are public health facilities,
while the Liberia Inland Mission Clinic in Timbo and the Po River
Clinic on the Pillar of Fire Mission in Yarnee District remain the two
private Centers.
The decision prompted the victim, his junior brother (Samuel Yoesay)
and his Wife (Sarah) along with his son who joined them later at the
hospital to book two motorcycles for Buchanan.
While on their way it was when the victim gave up life in Chio Town on
the Cestos Buchanan close Yarpah Town in Rivercess County.
Health authorities in Rivercess are yet to confirm or dismiss the
reported denial of the victim treatment as series of efforts exerted
have proven fruitless so far.