SOUTH SUDAN: Mary Help Association Hands Over Triage Facility to State Government
Amin Joseph
Mary Help Association Wau branch in South Sudan has on Tuesday handed over a triage facility of Wau Teaching Hospital to the government of Western Bahr el Ghazal State.
Triage facility is for the process of determining priority patients for treatment based on the severity of their health condition or likelihood of recovery with and without treatment, Voice of Hope Radio reported.
Sister Grace Adkhirayil, Director of Mary Help Association said the constructed triage is to help the State boost their fight against Covid-19.
She disclosed that the Association also donated some items including tables, chairs, mattresses and sprayers for the facility.
Director General in Wau Teaching Hospital, Dr. Thon Mangok appreciated the donation saying the items will help the hospital in receiving suspects of Covid-19.
“All of us are fighting one enemy. Therefore, we come together and fight it”, he noted.
Director-General in the state ministry of information David John Jongo praised Mary Help Association for helping the State to combat the deadly disease.
The Triage facility is supported by Dorcas Relief and Development and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands but implemented by Mary Help Association in Wau.
The officials spoke to Voice of Hope Radio on Tuesday at Wau Teaching Hospital in Wau.
