Harbel, Margibi County –Vice President Joseph N. Boakai has hailed Children Surgery International (CSI) for their successful surgical mission that transformed the lives of more than 60 Liberian children at the Firestone Medical Center in Harbel, Margibi County. Vice President Boakai referred to CSI as a “great partner”, noting without such organizations it is difficult for the nation to achieve all it plans to do. Vice President Boakai was speaking over the weekend when he attended the closing program of the Children’s Surgery International at the Firestone Medical Center in Harbel, Margibi County. Vice President Boakai praised the Firestone Medical Center for their role in the fight against the deadly Ebola virus and extolled the long standing ties between Firestone and Liberia saying even during the Ebola period Firestone did not leave Liberia. Some of the children that underwent the surgical procedures were born with physical defects, with the correction of those abnormalities they will be accepted back in their communities the Vice President pointed out.

Source: Front Page Africa January 24, 2017 02:58 UTC