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Wed, October 8th, 2014, 1:18 p.m. Posted By Abdoulaye Bah
Ebola: overwhelmed, MSF does not exclude "tough decisions" on Gueckédou lack of space
"If the situation continues, we will have to take some pretty tough decisions such as Monrovia, for example, or Bo in Sierra Leone." This is the message from a representative of the NGO Doctors Without Borders, which is threatening to refuse new admissions of patients to the treatment of Ebola Gueckédou and that, because of the magnitude of numbers.
According to our sources, the treatment center Ebola Gueckédou is now overwhelmed. More than sixty cases, some from Kérouané, Beyla and others and from the forest region.
Consequently, the treatment center in Gueckédou faces a problem of space. With a host capacity of 80 to 90 places , at least 110 places have been built. With new outbreaks. To solve this solution, a citizen to sell his concession, which is adjacent to the treatment center, 450 million francs but the state has difficulty in disbursing the amount.
Speaking at the briefing in Gueckédou, attended by the Minister of Commerce, Mark Yombouno, the representative of MSF was clear.
"Today, if the situation evolves like it evolves since a week, that is to say, more than thirty additional cases in a week, and if that's the case this week or next week, we will have to take measures and decisions related to the capabilities of Ebola treatment Center (CTE), which is limited, but in today's situation, we will have to maybe take a decision to refuse admission or other alternatives because we are no longer able to accept patients and ensuring the security of our personnel. But for us today, if the situation continues in the coming weeks, we will have to take decisions, which are quite radical, which have already been taken in Monrovia, for example, or Bo in Sierra Leone and other places, "she was informed.
On this, the prefect of Gueckédou Elhadj Mohamed V Keita, clarifies. "This issue is on the table of the Minister of Health, when he will buy the parcel behind the CTE, we will have access to this concession. If it is not purchased, we can do nothing."
The representative of MSF add. "If I announce in a week to stop admissions, you will know the reason."
The prefect bounces again. "Mrs., we can do nothing. If admissions are stopped, the government will be informed, and decisions will be taken. If the government is informed that now we can not admit patients for lack of space, and there a parcel whose owner is willing to give something in return, but it's a case of the government. "
Abdoulaye Bah, Special Envoy Guinéenews central processing Gueckédou
http://guineenews.org/ebola-deborde...cisions-radicales-a-gueckedou-faute-de-place/
Wed, October 8th, 2014, 1:18 p.m. Posted By Abdoulaye Bah
Ebola: overwhelmed, MSF does not exclude "tough decisions" on Gueckédou lack of space
"If the situation continues, we will have to take some pretty tough decisions such as Monrovia, for example, or Bo in Sierra Leone." This is the message from a representative of the NGO Doctors Without Borders, which is threatening to refuse new admissions of patients to the treatment of Ebola Gueckédou and that, because of the magnitude of numbers.
According to our sources, the treatment center Ebola Gueckédou is now overwhelmed. More than sixty cases, some from Kérouané, Beyla and others and from the forest region.
Consequently, the treatment center in Gueckédou faces a problem of space. With a host capacity of 80 to 90 places , at least 110 places have been built. With new outbreaks. To solve this solution, a citizen to sell his concession, which is adjacent to the treatment center, 450 million francs but the state has difficulty in disbursing the amount.
Speaking at the briefing in Gueckédou, attended by the Minister of Commerce, Mark Yombouno, the representative of MSF was clear.
"Today, if the situation evolves like it evolves since a week, that is to say, more than thirty additional cases in a week, and if that's the case this week or next week, we will have to take measures and decisions related to the capabilities of Ebola treatment Center (CTE), which is limited, but in today's situation, we will have to maybe take a decision to refuse admission or other alternatives because we are no longer able to accept patients and ensuring the security of our personnel. But for us today, if the situation continues in the coming weeks, we will have to take decisions, which are quite radical, which have already been taken in Monrovia, for example, or Bo in Sierra Leone and other places, "she was informed.
On this, the prefect of Gueckédou Elhadj Mohamed V Keita, clarifies. "This issue is on the table of the Minister of Health, when he will buy the parcel behind the CTE, we will have access to this concession. If it is not purchased, we can do nothing."
The representative of MSF add. "If I announce in a week to stop admissions, you will know the reason."
The prefect bounces again. "Mrs., we can do nothing. If admissions are stopped, the government will be informed, and decisions will be taken. If the government is informed that now we can not admit patients for lack of space, and there a parcel whose owner is willing to give something in return, but it's a case of the government. "
Abdoulaye Bah, Special Envoy Guinéenews central processing Gueckédou
http://guineenews.org/ebola-deborde...cisions-radicales-a-gueckedou-faute-de-place/
