GBARNGA, Bong County– The Phebe Hospital in Bong County, through its Chief Medical Doctor Dr. Jefferson Sayblee, has launched an appeal for increased budgetary support to the health facility.
Speaking recently at program marking the graduation of 59 medical students, including professional nurses from the Phebe Para Medical School, Dr. Sayblee disclosed that since 2016, when government and some partners began providing budgetary support to the entity, it has been operating smoothly.
But, according to the Chief Medical Doctor, following the decrease of partners’ support to Phebe Hospital, the institution has been faced with numerous challenges such as lack of sufficient funding for the feeding program at the Phebe Para Medical School, which he noted, currently rests on government alone.
He maintained that as a result of donor fatigue, the institution has resolved to request students attending the medical school to pay fees for the school’s feeding program, noting that the decision has generated tension between students and the administration of the school.
Doctor Sayblee has called on parents to stand ready to pay fees for their children attending the Phebe Para Medical School, noting that as administrators, they will not allow compromise to result to closure of the medical school.
Meanwhile, serving as keynote speaker at the graduation program, a veteran nurse, who is a former worker at the Firestone Hospital in Margibi County, Madam Mema Abla Saye, encouraged the young graduates to always observe their “professional ethics” as they serve the public.
Madam Saye wants nurses and midwives, who recently graduated, to avoid “overly dressing” on the job, something which, she noted, scares patients, especially people waking up from coma.
Source: LINA
