Med Air opens Ebola Care Centre at Approved School Field
The Team Leader of the newly opened Ebola Care Centre at the Approved School Field at Lower Kuntorloh in Wellington, east of Freetown, has stated that their organization, Med Air, is an international non Government organisation that is engaged in emergency and recovery work in all parts of the world. (Photo: Dr. Trina Helderman, Team Leader, Medair Sierra Leone)
In an exclusive interview with this paper, Dr. Trina Helderman, an America Medical Doctor, revealed that they are currently working in Haiti, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Somalia, Afghanistan, Philippians, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.
She explained that they specialise in health, nutrition, water, sanitation and emergency shelter.
Dr. Trina Helderman also disclosed that Med Air which is based in Switzerland was founded by Christian Missionary Medical Doctors and Pilots and has acquired an international composition over the years.
She further revealed that they have sixteen beds for suspected Ebola patients and four beds for confirmed patients who may be treated at the Centre or transferred to the Hastings Treatment Centre. She also explained that they have six international and one hundred and six Sierra Leonean staff members.
Dr. Trina Helderman also disclosed that they are working in partnership with the Lifeline Nehemiah Project who are providing recruitment, oversight and implementation, and Oxfam who constructed the Centre as well as the water system, while they administer the Centre.
She said the project which costs million of Dollars will last for six months, starting December 2014 and ending in June 2015, but noted however they will extend the project if the need arises and stay after the eradication of Ebola to recover the system mostly in the area of maternal child health.
Dr. Helderman concluded that they are called to go to the most difficult places on earth and provide care and service for the most vulnerable people, using their own resources, care, kindness and love.
She described Sierra Leoneans as a very warm and hospitable people who are desirous to take responsibility in solving their own problems.
By Abdul Hassan Fackie
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