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21 April 2008, 07:57
allAfrica.com: Gambia: Brikama Gets Modern Herbal Clinic (Page 1 of 1)
The Bottom in association with Traditional Remedy and Home Care, established the herbal clinic with a view to giving health annoyance to the needy people and to complement government's efforts in fitness care service delivery.
According to Mr.
Saihou Fofana, Employer Familiar of Stone Loop Foundation herbal center, the foundation is a registered CBO, noting that they keep embarked on a series of activities including sensitization, awareness beginning and training of Gambians excited in traditional medicine. Mr.
Fofana described the establishment of the clinic as timely, stating that it will add augmented value to the traditional medication sector in the country.
He further spoke about the many improvements household medicine has away through in The Gambia, adding that more effort needs to be done to lock on the sustenance of the sector.
The Director of the Foundation opined that usual medicine needs a lot of improvement and this can be done through firm with government for the realization and finalization of a traditional medicine policy.
He finally thanked the Branch of Sovereign state representing Health, especially the director of National Traditional Medicine Programme for organising practice container for traditional medicine practitioners in The Gambia.
Muhammed Mansa, championing his part, said the most important contrivance about customary medicine is to treat and cure sickness. He emphasized that the venture is not for commercial gains; that his centre is plain to the grassroots people needing habitual care.
Dr. Mansa noted that his herbal clinic medicine approximately thirteen (13) different ailments, ranging from constipation, high blood pressure, hernia bleeding, stomach pain, diarrheoa, broken bone to spiritual disturbances. Mansa expressed his desire to partner with any organisation that is interested in traditional medicine.
The inauguration ceremony, which was done in impressive style, witnessed free treatment use from the proprietor, Dr. Mansa. AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views.