83 turn out for President Jammeh’s infertility treatment <http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/83-turn-out-for-president-jammehs-infertility-treatment#map> Africa <http://observer.gm/africa/news> » Gambia<http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/news> « prev<http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/83-turn-out-for-president-jammehs-infertility-treatment> 1 of 4next »<http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/83-turn-out-for-president-jammehs-infertility-treatment> Friday, June 10, 2011 At least 83 women who formed the 4th batch patients of the infertility treatment component of the President’s Alternative Treatment Programme (PATP) Thursday afternoon turned out in Kanilai to begin the said treatment. The infertility treatment component of PATP, like other components such as HIV/AIDS, Asthma, Diabetes, amongst others, is being offered free to the patients at the expense of the brainchild of the treatment, the Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, who initiated it as part of his continuous efforts of salvaging humanity from the scourges of these complicated diseases. This particular treatment in question, which involves drinking a cup of the herbal medicine, has been described as the most complicated of the treatments administered by the Gambian leader, due to some of the patients being tied to supernatural beings like devils or jinns. The Gambian leader’s infertility treatment has so far treated 3, 411 patients and produced at least 1, 897 babies, and 320 miscarriages since the president started it.When the Gambian leader was asked to comment on these successes during an interview shortly after administering the patients, he thanked the Almighty Allah underscoring that it was a very impressive record. He said: “I thank the Almighty Allah for this because this is a very impressive record as far as I know and the success rate is very high. And I can say with confidence basing it in the trust of the Almighty Allah that any woman who comes here, if the woman is not naturally barren; or have done some surgical operations; or has not gone beyond the age of conceiving, she will conceive. I am 100 percent certain about that. With the Almighty Allah, my medication is fully proved.” When asked to comment on the significant reduction or no-instances of patients in this treatment fainting or collapsing during the process as happened in the initial treatments, the president attributed it to the change of environment. He explained: “Well, you will realise that this is the second batch to be treated in Kanilai and since we started treating them in Kanilai, we don’t have instance of people fainting or passing away because of the environment or location. I don’t want to go into details but it is because of the location that we don’t have instances of that.” The Gambian leader maintained that if it were not for some logistical problems, Kanilai will be the most ideal place to treat people with infertility. He added: “And you will realise that the batch that was treated here before this has the highest rate of delivery. The reason being is when we do it in Banjul; they come, take the medicine and go home. But here they live in a controlled environment and do not even have access to some of the things that they are not supposed to use. So it becomes more effective as well.” The Gambian leader further asserted that infertility “is the most dangerous treatment”, explaining that this is the reason why he must be around for the treatment. He continued: “The other treatments like HIV/AIDS and others, Ansu Jammeh and Dr Mbowe can carry them out without my presence. But this is the most dangerous treatment because I think you might have seen on[GRTS] TV what happened the other time. It is not an easy treatment and sometimes some people come to challenge if you understand what I mean. Some people come under the pretext that they have come for treatment and in fact Dr Mbowe will remember that we expelled some people before the treatment started when they came to Kanilai. This is the most dangerous treatment I am doing.” Men Further quizzed on whether the men who also sometimes develop problems of infertility have been coming to this treatment in question, the Gambian leader replied that they do not come to him directly, but prefer going to clinic [PATP clinic] as they don’t want to be shown on the TV. “They go to Dr Mbowe and Ansu and even Dr Mbowe will not tell me who is coming. But do you know how I know that a lot of them go there – is the rate I supply the medication because I give out the medication. Every now and then Ansu will tell me that the medicine is finished. So they won’t come plainly. But the men also come around,” the president added. Speaking at the treatment site, the director general of the PATP, Dr Tamsir Mbowe, dilated on the rules and regulations for this particular treatment as required in any treatment. “In medicine under any treatment, there are laws that must be followed. Under His Excellency’s infertility treatment for it to be effective, there are certain food items that the patients should not consume during the course of the treatment. That is anything that contains café; like attaya, Nescafe, kola nut, alcohol, pork, pepper, and etc,” he revealed. Like President Jammeh, DG Mbowe also harped on the successes registered by this treatment. He said: “In medicine if you are able to get 25-30 percent outcome, it’s excellent news for any treatment. No treatment is 100 percent; we must understand that. And for His Excellency’s treatment, we have more than 75 percent success. So this is a real indication of the effectiveness of the treatment. If you should compare this treatment with the latest modern treatment [the IBF], which is only about 35-45 percent, we could compare the two and finally know that that of His Excellency is more effective. This is excellent news.” Patients’ account The patients who turned out for Thursday’s infertility treatment expressed gratitude to President Jammeh for initiating a humanitarian treatment that has since its’ inception yielded dividend, especially in cementing and consolidating fruitful marriages, as well as saving lives in other treatments. Most of these patients had gone through a string of difficulties and had spent a lot of money trying other treatments, both conventional and herbal, to no avail. Hence, they embraced the Gambian leader’s treatment, which is being offered free. This was confirmed during the interview we had with some patients taking the PATP infertility treatment. Fatou Joof, Fatou Ceesay, Sirra Badgie, Aji Jarju all narrated how they toured several places in search of a cure to get rid of their child deadlock. While commending President Jammeh for this initiative, the women expressed hope that the Gambian leader’s infertility treatment will end their misery. Background It would be recalled that the PATP, initiated by President Jammeh as part of his crusade of saving humanity from the scourge of complicated diseases, started on 17 January 2007. Since the inception of the treatment programme, thousands of patients have undergone different treatments as can be testified by many. Most of these patients, some of them foreign nationals, have now gone back to their various societies and are performing their respective social responsibilities. Author: *by Hatab Fadera* -- * ***************************************************************************** GOD BLESS THE GAMBIA. LET US JOIN HANDS AND SUPPORT SHEIKH PROFESSOR DR. 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