Annual report on the medical services / Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone. Medical Department.
Date:
[1958]
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Credit: Annual report on the medical services / Sierra Leone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    British Red Cross Society: 88. The Sierra Leone Branch of the British Red Cross continues to supply milk to children in Freetown. The Society presented an excellent Rediffusion apparatus for Lakka Tuberculosis hospital with loudspeakers in all wards and a permanent radio and grammophone pick-up. This is of first-rate quality, and has done much for the needs of the patients. The work of installation was freely given in his spare time, by a young Swiss employee of the Freetown Cold Storage Company. St, John's Ambulance Brigade: 89. Work with the Police continues and the Brigade was honoured by an inspection by the Countess of Brecknock. School for the Blind: 90. The Society for the Welfare of the Blind continues to maintain the blind school with satisfactory results. Nursery Schools: 91. A nursery School has now been established in Bo as well as in Freetown by voluntary efforts. Lebanese Hospital: 92. The Lebanese community raised a subscription for a hospital to be given for the good of the poor people of the country. After discus¬ sions with the Ministry and this Department they decided that the gift should take the form of a children’s hospital, a two-storey building of about 5,000 square feet containing about 30 beds which will be erected at the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital site. It is designed to fit in with future building on the site which must soon be undertaken to replace the old mission buildings, which are reaching the end of their economic life. The hospital is now being designed by the Government architects and it is proposed that it should be handed to the Government Medical Services to operate it. GENERAL Important Visitors: 93. The following visitors from abroad visited the Medical Department during their stay in Sierra Leone: — (i) Dr. J. B. Lawson, m.r.c.o.g.. Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University College, Ibadan, Nigeria. (ii) Miss Lyle Creelman—Chief of Nursing Section World Health Organisation, Geneva. (hi) Dr. C. J. Hackett, m.d.. Venereal Disease and Treponomatoses section. Division of Communicable Disease Services, World Health Organisation, Geneva. (iv) Dr. R. V. Marti—Chief UNICEF Representative. (v) Dr. C. M. Ross, o.b.e.. Senior Leprosy Specialist, Northern Nigeria. Conferences: 94. The Annual Meeting of the West African Council for Research and the Eighth Conference of the West African Directors of Medical Services were held in Freetown, Sierra Leone in February. Dr. T. P. Eddy, C.B.E., the Director of Medical Services, Sierra Leone was elected Chairman of the Conference. This was the first meeting of the Conference to be held in Freetown.