By Septimus Senessie in Kono
A private clinic, with fourteen beds and beddings has been officially unveiled in Jaiama Nimikoro in Kono district. It is named AiahMass Clinic, after the Paramount Chief and his wife, AiahMass Clinic. The District Medical Officer (DMO), Dr. Francis Jah told the ceremony that PC Aiah Denton Bona Foamansa III and his wife, Massah Bona, had invested their resources in the health sector. He observed that theirs was “complementary of government’s efforts to make healthcare facilities accessible to all in the districts,” adding that he was pleased with the entire set-up of the clinic, including staffing. The DMO pledged his technical support to the successful operation of the clinic. He said he was aware of the fact that Jaiama Nimikoro was surrounded by over 25 villages and had never benefited from the free health care initiative for pregnant women and under-five children. He said the target beneficiaries had to travel at least four miles to access the facility and promised he would look into the matter in a bid to providing a solution. But he cautioned them to refer to district hospitals any case that would be above them. Proprietress of the clinic, Massah Bona, said she had passion for humanity and that one of the ways she could touch and help the lives of people was through the establishment of a clinic. The state-enrolled community health nurse said that her clinic was a private establishment but would cater for all classes of people, rich or poor. On staff and facilities at the clinic, she assured of having about nine trained nurses and a medical doctor, a quantum analysis machine, female and male wards, laboratory, dental operation room and many others. She said plans were being put in place to establish a paediatric hall, a theatre and an out-patient, as well as to bring in more sophisticated machines to carry out diagnoses. She cited ailments such as malaria, typhoid, STIs and pneumonia as common in the community, calling on government to consider Jaiama town for its free health care drugs for poor patients. © Politico 03/10/13
