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Foya-Borma, Other Hospitals Receive Medical Supplies

By William Q. Harmon-May 16, 2017 | Originally posted on www.liberianobserver.com

The Foya Borma Hospital in Foya Statutory District, Lofa County, has received a large consignment of medical supplies including equipment that the facility lacked for many years. Many of the supplies brought in a 40ft container are high-tech equipment that cost thousands of US dollars.

The consignment arrived in the country a month ago and was taken to the Foya Hospital from where it was distributed among several other medical facilities. The donation was an initiative of the Friends of Foya-Borma Hospital in partnership with Medshare and other partners, including the United Parcel Service (UPS) and several contributors based in the USA.

Friends of Foya-Borma Hospital is a non-profit organization established in 2013 with the aim of soliciting medical support (human, financial and material) to buttress government’s effort in meeting the health needs of Liberians dwelling in rural areas. These groups started helping the hospital during the Ebola outbreak in 2014.

The latest donation is the second of its kind coming from the same US-based group within the last two years. The first of the two medical donations came at a time when the country was overwhelmed by the deadly Ebola virus that took the lives of thousands of Liberians.

At the time, the hospital received from the Friends of Foya-Borma Hospital a 40-ft container of medical supplies, including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs), gloves, masks, syringes, needles critically needed to help combat the terrifying disease.

The founder and president of Friends of Foya-Borma Hospital, Nathaniel S. Samba, during a recent visit to Liberia, said that the organization will do all it can to ensure that needed support is galvanized for the health facilities in the county.

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Foya-Borma Hospital Gets Supplies

Foya Borma Hospital, situated in Foya Statutory District, Lofa County, last week received a 40-ft container of medical supplies from the Friends of Foya Borma Hospital based in the USA.

The Foya Borma Hospital is the medical facility where the first Ebola virus disease in Liberia was diagnosed positive and was also the first epicenter of the deadly virus.

Prior to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Liberia, the hospital’s Friends in the State of Indiana donated two large boxes and a barrel of supplies.

Speaking during the presentation ceremony of the container to staff and board of directors of Pentecostal Mission Union (PMU-Liberia) in Paynesville, Chairman Mathias Fallah Korpu extended thanks and appreciation to donors of the medical supplies.

The PMU-Liberia’s board chairman pointed out that friends and relatives that look after their kinsmen and women during any crisis are friends indeed.

Chairman Korpu also noted that the Friends of Foya Borma Hospital in the USA and elsewhere are indeed great partners in the continuous fight to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus from Liberia and Africa.

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It is indeed welcome news to the outside world that the Ebola Virus Disease which devastated Liberia, bringing her to her knees, is now virtually wiped out of the country with the last confirmed patient’s death more than three weeks ago.

As Liberians retrospect on last year, many are expressing thanks to local health authorities and caregivers, and especially the international community, including medical organizations and individuals, who came to Liberia’s defense to help defeat the deadly virus.

Several institutions highly grateful for the level of support received from their international partners are health care facilities in Lofa County, specifically the Foya-Borma Hospital, which, during the heat of the crisis, benefited from a donation of a 40-foot container of Ebola specific logistics relief supplies and medical equipment from three US-based organizations.

The Container Project was an initiative of the Friends of Foya-Borma Hospital (FOFBH) of Indiana, in collaboration with the Association of Citizens and Friends of Liberia (ACFLi) of Sacramento, California and the Liberian Association of Northern California (LANC). The relief supplies and medical equipment were valued at US$200,000.

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