Fatou Camara II
Coronavirus patients at Bambo Hotel have alleged they were asked to pack and be moved to a different hotel because President Adama Barrow is visiting the area.
“This morning we are told to move to Lemon Creek because Barrow is visiting the area. That all of us should pack up and that they are told to move us to Lemon Creek,” one patient told The Fatu Network.
“We think that its grossly unfair because we are not here for free, we have paid for it, we are tested positive for a virus that spread like God knows how. People tested positive and now you want to put them in a vehicle and start transporting them and even just moving them is risky.
“Nobody seems to care about us. We are just dumped here and forgotten, no medication nothing, no monitoring nothing . This is the situation here so I thought it’s fair to let Gambians know about what is going on here.
“If President Barrow is supposed to have a meeting here, it is not our concern we are not supposed to go anywhere because under quarantine you dont go out. So if Barrow is going to have a meeting somewhere here it is not our business,” the patient said. Another patient confirmed the development.
The Fatu Network contacted Dr Abubacarr Jagne of the health ministry who dismissed the complaints coming from the patients in the centre .
“We don’t have staff for all the multiple centres to look after people at the same time. So we prefer to put them in one centre and apparently Lemon Creek has agreed to that service.
“They have 54 rooms that are ready to accommodate our staff. The reason is I’ve got lot of problems with Bambo and his management for patients and their care and that is the reason we have to look for an alternative so we have no intention or nothing to do with the president or wherever he is travelling. I am not aware even where the President is going to. Am not sure that would be my motivation to move them from there,” Dr Jagne said.
