Church Aid Incorporated, the relief arm of Water in the Desert Apposite Pentecostal Church, over the weekend launched a free medical healthcare in Bomi County targeting people with hearing complications in that part of the country.
About twenty persons benefited from the initiative, with more than five cases of people living with hearing complications identified.
Those who benefited from the gesture include elderly people, young people and children. Speaking to journalists during the exercise, Bishop Kortu, who is the head of Church Aid Incorporated, lauded the people of Dewein District, Bomi County, for welcoming the team to the area.
Bishop Kortu K. Brown named hearing kits as some of the challenges confronting his team. The kits are provided to those they discover with hearing problems.
According to him, his team went to the area to conduct the test on people who have hearing problem, but it seems to be that the problems affecting the people in that part of the country are huge.
Two of the beneficiaries, Kamie Johnson and Musu Kenneh, expressed joy and appreciation to Church Aid Incorporated for helping them to hear again—after going through the medical clean-up of their ears.
“I often hear sound from in my ear on a daily basis, which has caused me to give out some personal belongings, including phones, because I usually find it difficult to hear people speaking to me,” seventy-year-old Kamie Johnson said.
In a related development, Church Aid Incorporated last week sent four additional nurses from government-run hospitals in four counties to undergo specialized training in hearing healthcare in Zambia.
The nurses include Blessing Acquire, Government Hospital, Grand Bassa County; Georgia A. Gray, Redemption Hospital, Montserrado County; Naomi Smith, CD Dunbah Hospital, Bong County; and Vanja Mama Kowula, C.H. Rennie Hospital, Margibi County.
The Campaign to Promote Hearing Healthcare in Liberia is sponsored by Church Aid Incorporated, the relief department arm of the Apostolic Pentecostal Church International. This is the second batch of candidates for hearing instrument specialists, which is intended to help reduce the disease in the country. Last year Church Aid Incorporated, in collaboration with its local and international partners, trained four nurses in hearing healthcare. Those who benefited from this first training in Zambia were P. Magdalene Konneh, John F Kennedy Medical Center, Montserrado County; Hannah H. Newah, Government Hospital, Tubmanburg, Bomi County; and D. Iben Porkpah and Moses Biman Jr., Curran Lutheran Hospital, Lofa County.
Dewein District Commissioner, Anthony Healeo, lauded Church Aid Incorporated for its effort by making his district to hear again, and called other non-governmental institutions to always reach to people in the counties.
According to him, the challenges confronting the people of Dewein District are countless, disclosing that the people of the area are finding it difficult to get quality education and healthcare delivery as a result of the lack of qualified teachers and nurses.