Gentlemen Club USA hopes donation will impact Liberia’s health delivery system
Faculty, staff and students of the A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine at the University of Liberia (UL) have been beaming with smiles over a donation of some of the latest medical textbooks from a US-based Liberian charity.
The medical textbooks, valued at US$25,000.00, were donated by the Gentlemen Club of Pennsylvania headed by its chairperson Jerry K. Yogboh.
The presentation ceremony was held at the head office of the A.M. Dogliotti College of Medicine on Monday, December 11, 2018 on its main campus behind the St. Joseph Catholic Hospital in Monrovia’s Congo Town suburb.
Earlier during the presentation ceremony, officials of Gentlemen Club told reporters that the supply of books was intended to provide critically needed assistance to Liberian institutions that are making genuine impact on Liberia’s health delivery system.
In remarks at the presentation ceremony, Mr. Jerry K. Yogboh cautioned the students of the medical college to make use of the books and not get involved in their depreciation by removing vital pages.
Officials and students at the ceremony marking the donation of medical the books
He also admonished the medical students to make use of the books and underscored the need for the students to protect and maintain the quality of the books in order to assist other students coming to the medical college in the years to come.
In order to secure the relevant textbooks, Mr. Yogboh explained that the initiative was done in partnership and consultation of the administration and faculty of the A.M. Doglioti College of Medicine of the University of Liberia.
“We also worked with the medical faculty and staff of the Pennsylvania University in order to secure the kind of relevant books that our medical students need in Liberia in order to pursue their studies,” Mr. Yogboh asserted.
He further disclosed plans that the next phase of their educational assistance is expected to target the presentation of about one thousand iron arm chairs to some selected primary and secondary schools in the Monrovia.
Shedding light on the long-term assistance of Gentlemen Club USA, Mr. Yogboh said the group hoped to construct a technical institution in Voinjama, Lofa County that will afford other students that may have the means to enrol at other higher institutions in the country.
The Dean of the A.M. Doglioti College of Medicine, Dr. Z. Sherman Adams intimated that the donation of the medical textbooks comes at a critical time University of Liberia Health Sciences is in the process of relocating to its Fendell Campus outside Monrovia.
Dr. Adams pointed out that the health sector of the nation is confronted with enormous challenges that need the concerted support of all Liberians and other support partners. He said such a crucial donation of the medical textbooks worthy of commendation.
Mr. Yogboh also averred that one of the hallmarks of the Gentlemen Club is to account for every nickel, dime and dollar contributed by members and support partners in the USA, Liberia and elsewhere around the world.
The Dean of the A.M. Doglioti College of Health Sciences assured the Gentlemen Club of the USA that new medical textbooks will be first to form part of a new medical library on the main campus of the University of Liberia.
For his part, A.M. Doglioti College of Health Sciences Students Association president Kodjo N. Tebougue assured the Gentlemen Club that medical textbooks will be protected and remained on the library shelves for the generation of Liberians that will enrol in the medical college.
Mr. Tebougue extended thanks and appreciation to the US-based Liberian group for the medical textbooks and asked the group leaders to convey their gratitude to members and other donors. Report by Edwin M. Fayia, III