By Naneka A. Hoffman
The Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Bank has donated several vehicles to the Grand Kru County Health Team to improve quality health delivery system to the people of the county.
The vehicles are intended for the full implementation of the Performance-Based Financing (PBF) Project to enhance quality health service delivery across the county which got underway in April 2023.
Speaking to journalists over the weekend in Montserrado, County Grand Kru County Health Officer Dr. J. Woyee Wreh lauded the Government of Liberia, the Ministry of Health, and the World Bank for the donation.
The donation included two Toyota Land Cruisers, one new Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep, and 23 Honda Motorbikes.
He said one of the pickups will be assigned to the Medical Doctor assigned at the Rally Time Referral Hospital in Grand-Cess.
According to him, others will be given to the doctor assigned at the Sassa Town Health Center while the Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep will be given to the County Health Officer.
Dr. Wreh described the donation of vehicles and motorbikes to the Grand Kru health team as significant, saying it will help to reduce the health loads they often experience.
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According to him in late November of last year, the county’s health team received a brand new Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep, bringing the total vehicles received under this project to three Land Cruiser vehicles in the county under the outgoing Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Government.
Dr. Wreh extended profound gratitude to outgoing President George Manneh Weah for living up to his commitment to improving the health sector and providing the essential logistics that will increase supervision.
He lauded the county’s legislative caucus, the local authorities headed by Superintendent Doris Ylantu, and the people of Grand Kru County for their continued support of the Health Team in the County.
He noted that more needs to be done to further improve the health system in the county.
“I am kindly appealing to the Legislative Caucus and the local authorities for them to help buy Solar Plate for the two hospitals in Grand Kru County instead of buying fuel, something which is very expensive for providing electricity for the two hospitals,” Dr. Wreh said.
He is appealing to the incoming Unity Party Government to allow patients to pay a minimum of LD$25 or LD$30 at all government-run clinics and hospitals across the country as service fees to enable those facilities to run effectively.
