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Health and Wellness Consultancy group (QIPTAHS) that aims to create solutions
to the current health care challenges has been recently launched at the
Kanifing Municipal Council’s (KMC) grounds.
The
group aimed to reduce the barriers in healthcare and to transform the quality
and standards of healthcare services in the country. It is a team of
professional healthcare personnel with more than 30 years healthcare service
experience.
According
to the group’s officials, the group is familiar with the changes in Gambia’s
healthcare system and that it would help in the facilitation of transfer of the
much needed knowledge and technology to boost the healthcare delivery system.
The
group’s president, Suntu Jarju, said their main objective was to reduce the
burden of non-communicable and communicable diseases and to provide quality
basic healthcare services that are affordable, available and accessible to all
Gambians.
Musa
Bah, deputy mayor of KMC, said the gesture is timely and important, saying the
healthcare services that the group will deliver will go a long way in curbing
diseases to a certain degree.
Mr.
Bah said the move would also help develop resilience and prepare the body and
minds of the people in dealing with health problems as they arise.
He
urged that people should grab and benefit from the health services of the
QIPTAHS group. “Keeping the body in good health is a duty; otherwise we shall
not be able to keep our minds strong and clear.”
He
also said seeing Gambians in the diaspora coming back home to contribute to
national development is a sign of patriotism. “Patriotism is a thing of the
heart and a person can only be a patriot if his heart beats true to his
country,” he said.
Director
of health services, Dr. Mustapha Bittaye, said health is not only the mere
absence of disease but also the ability to bounce back from illness and other
problems.
He
said that the coming into play of the group would be very essential, as the
group has engaged the Ministry of Health on its activities, adding that the
government through the Ministry of Health cannot do it all.
