Dave,
 Let us all pray for Bekai. This is a very serious injury indeed. I wish
him a speedy recovery. Please stay strong and keep us posted.
Regards,
George.


Subject: Re: The Phantom Hospitals and soccer-crazed Doctors
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: May 16, 2002


On 16 May 2002 at 10:45, Dave Manneh wrote:

> If a young life was not in danger of being cut cruelly short, this comedy of
> errors could be an Oscar winner, as it is the "real comedy of errors or rather
> of incompetence".
>
> This is the story of a 16.5yr boy from Brufut Manneh Kunda. Bekai Manneh was
> sent on an errand by his mum sometime yesterday (Wednesday 15th May) evening. He
> diligently picked up his bike and cycled to do the errand. Unfortunately on his
> way, a "semester" (for those not familiar with the lingo, A semester is a
> Gambian from the West holidaying back home), lost control of his car and in the
> process nearly ended young Bekai's life. Bekai was rushed to Serre Kunda clinic
> by a Gambian-Ghanaian Samaritan who happened to witness the accident. They got
> him into Serre Kunda Hospital/Health Centre at 17:00GMT. Some police (as someone
> reported the incident at the Serre Kunda police post) and relatives of Bekai
> from Brufut, Sukuta and Bakau who either happened to be in Serre Kunda, were on
> their respective ways home from work, or who Bekai's' mum had phoned crying that
> her young son has just been killed, all congregated. They were all asked to wait
> in the corridor, including Bekai who was by then bleeding from his head and
> mouth (as he had lost two of his front teeth).
>
> There they waited for nearly an hour, as there were not enough nurses let
> alone doctors to see to everyone.




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