Mo
In 1986 several beds were donated to the hospital and most of them were sold
by the former hospital administrator. This not an allegation it is something
i see with my own eyes. The beds were brought to our compound by a guy
working with the administrator and deliver them to a third person who was
sold them around.  This guy was an errand boy for the administrator and was
later rewarded with a scholarship to study hospital administration in
London.

Most of our local pharmacies are run either by personels at the RVTH or
retired personels.
One thing i am quite sure of is that none of them order these drugs from
abroad. Nowadays you go to the hospital pharmacy there are no drugs when
most of the are being diverted to private pharmacies.
There are so many things that needs to be straighten up before we can have a
proper health care


Matarr



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>Subject: Re: FWD:Campama "Madness" Reaches Crisis Point
>Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 04:08:51 -0500
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>Matarr and Abdoukarim,
>Thanks for the sharing your observation and efforts about Campama. Its
>great that the Independent Newspaper brings this topic again. Its very sad
>to read about the condition of the place and to see som many mentally
>retarded people working around in the streets.
>I remember the last time the issue was discussed her on Gambia-l I
>contacted the Friends of Gambia here in Denmark and was told that they had
>given some hospital beds to Campama.
>
>I received a mail from a good friend of The Gambia Susan Rowe who wrote
>that she would send the article to some of their local Psychiatric
>Hospitals and see if any of them can help.
>
>
>Momodou Camara
>
>
>On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 23:59:08 -0700, abdoukarim sanneh
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >Matarr it did not surprise me too. Three years ago I wrote a piece on the
>Gambia-l title Gambia's forgotten citizens. Funds where raise in Gambia
>with Tijan Nyang and also one of my friends in Birmingham but the corrupt
>regime did not compliment such a good effort of concern individuals.The
>situation in Campama is dehumanising and more help is needed for the
>welfare of our brothers and sisters. The hardship in our country can even
>increase more mental disorder. Let us review from the literature of Frantz
>Fanon- The wretched of the earth on Algerian where he associated mental
>illness in that society with economic and psychological degradation in his
>capacity as a psychotherapist.
> >
> >Matarr Amadou Sallah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Mo
> >Thanks for this very important forward but honestly this doesnt surprise
>me.
> >In 1999 when i was in the gambia i took a trip to Campama to see the
> >working conditions down there. I am particularly interested in campama
> >because since 1994 i have been working at a psychiatric hospital and for
>14
> >years ihave been working with mentally retarded people.
> >I was in shock when i visited Campama, i was shown round by one Sister
> >Tamba, the only psychiatric nurse in the Gambia by then together with two
> >Nigerian ladies who were there for just a short period of time.
> >The living conditions in campama is the worst i have ever seen. It is the
> >first time in my life i see two patients of the same diagnosis or of
> >different diagnosis sharing a single bed. They sleep in sardine
> >position(one head up and the other head down) They smell each others
>feet.
> >At the rehabilitation unit, everything was at a standstill due to lack of
> >materials and tools. The patients were hanging around the big mango tree
>and
> >some were just roaming about the backyard.
> >If thing have been going according to plan i am sure they should be able
>to
> >produce their own furniture or repair the little they have. Some of the
>beds
> >were three legged and the fourth was supported but cement blocks.
> >When i came back to Norway after my holidays i contacted the boss at the
> >hospital where i work and explain the whole situation to her and
>expressed
> >how desperately they needed help. Unfortunately there wasnt much to do
> >because they have this agreement with the psychiatric hospital in st.
> >Petersburg in Russia.
> >
> >I am at work now and i really have to go but i promise i will write more
>on
> >this topic
> >
> >
> >Matarr
>
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