The total cost of the medical equipment is US$35,000, out of which US$29,000 was spent on the equipment and a regent cost of US$6,000. The medical equipment will test for blood electrolytes and all routine blood tests, liver function and kidney function tests, blood gases, lipid assay and metabolic assay. Dr. Egbuonu thanked Dr. Francis Kateh, Liberia’s Chief Medical Officer, for showing interest in the occasion and asked Dr. Kateh to extend gratitude to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. For his part, Dr. Kateh echoed the significance of finding creative means of maximizing the use of the equipment. Speaking earlier, the General administrator of the JFK, Dr. Wannie-Mai Scott McDonald, thanked the college of physicians and surgeons for the medical equipment and assured that it will be used appropriately.

Source: Front Page Africa January 31, 2017 04:53 UTC