Mercy Ships: First Contingent of Patients Welcomed

Beneficiaries have been exhorted to receive the work of generosity with respect and dignity.

Some patients from the regions of the country are now lodged at the Tergal District Hospital in the Douala III Subdivision. These are those who arrived on Monday, August 21, in view of consultation and treatment by the hospital ocean-going vessel, Africa Mercy, which has effectively decked at the Douala Seaport.
In order to ensure a befitting welcome of patients, the first contingent of patients is being lodged at the Hope Center of the Tergal District Hospital. Strengthened with security sentinels and a call center for calls in case of an emergency, the structure is equipped with hospital beds, mattresses and a technical section for Mercy Ships medical operations. Three wards have been allotted at the Laquintinie Hospital to that effect: these include the Samuel Eto’o Fils’ Pavilion, a hospitalisation ward and a maintenance ward. These structures have been equipped with beds with the assistance of the military which has provided beds and mattresses. Patients are still being awaited at the hospital. A team of the visiting medical doctors has begun setting up medical equipments for surgical operations and consultations.
The population of Nylon in the Douala III Subdivision have demonstrated their appreciation to the Head of State for the hospital ship which will bring health to 4,500 Cameroonians free of charge and for the choice of the Tergal District Hospital.
There is a programme throughout the ten months that Mercy Ships will be in Cameroon. There is a travel plan from the regions to Douala and eventually to the seaport. Th...