South Sudan President opens Juba Teaching Hospital
By Isaac Vuni
March 5, 2008 (JUBA) — The First Vice President of the Republic and President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) has today morning opened Juba Teaching Hospital after it under went two years renovation and rehabilitation by China National Oversea Engineering Company (COVEC).
Salva Kiir Mayadrit advised staff of the hospital to maintain cleanness while thanking the COVEC Company for their well done work.
After touring inpatient and outpatient’s wards, president Kiir commended doctors and nurses in the hospital for taking good care of patients.
Earlier president was received by Mr. Monylam Monytuil, GoSS minister for Health and staff of the hospital and preceded to cutting tap at the outpatient reception desk in company of senior medical officer, Dr. Maker Isaac Wel, among other dignitaries.
In a follow-up interview, the senior medical officer, Dr. Maker, said the hospital has acquired new intensive care unit facilities, first of it kind in Southern Sudan to help serve critical cases.
The jubilant Dr. Maker went further saying that there are now 47 doctors including eight specialists compared to only three doctors, during the war time. The doctors are assisted by 34 medical assistant and 656 nurses who are rendering services to both in and out patients, adding that there are 512 beds in the hospital.
According to site Civil Engineer, Shao Fumin, the renovation and rehabilitation of Juba Teaching Hospital was contracted by GoSS to COVEC at the cost of ten million US dollars. 60 Chinese nationals took part in reconstruction along with 90 southern Sudanese.
present in the commissioning ceremony were: Luka Manoja, minister for cabinet affairs, Barnaba Marial, minister for Regional Cooperation, Michael Makuei, minister for Legal Affairs and constitutional Development, Gabriel Chang, minister for Information and Broadcasting, Samson Lukare Kwaje, minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Mrs. Awut Deng, minister for Labour, Public service and Human Resource Development, Anthony Makana, minister for Commerce, Trade and Supply among other dignitaries.
JUBA-NIMULE ROAD
In a similar development, president Kiir unveil groundbreaking for the start of reconstruction with asphalt Juba-Nimule 192 kilometer road expected to be completed within twenty months at the cost of seventy million US dollars.
The Juba-Nimule road is the most direct route between Juba and the important trade hubs of Kampala, Nairobi and Mombasa.
The United states Consul general in Juba, Mr. Christopher Datta said improving the roadway will have a significant impact on the markets and economy of Southern Sudan and will also bring new opportunities and new resources to the towns and villages it connects.
Juba-Nimule road connects Juba on the eastern bank of the Nile to the Ugandan border in the south and serves as a principal supply line for moving both goods and people.
The Undersecretary in the ministry of Transport and Roads, Daniel Wani, stated that Juba-Nimule road had earlier been constructed to a Kenyan company of Kirinyag who did the first clearance that pave ways for constructing with asphalt. But the indigenous along juba-Nimule road had complained against Kirinyaga Company for doing poor job besides sidelining southern Sudanese potential engineers and workers than getting inexperience workers from Kenya and Uganda.
On completion, the road will be 192 kilometers long with a seven meter carriage way and two meter shoulders. Eight bridges will be rebuilt to two lane standard with increased load capacity. Border crossing bridge will be designed to incorporate enhanced border crossing points, truck registration and regulation facilities and customs offices and warehouses.
The project activities include demining, topographic and geotechnical survey, design and construction including bridge replacements.
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Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
South Sudan President opens Juba Teaching Hospital
Policy for corruption in SS, i cant see the real promises of SS,why should a nurses share acommandations with patient’s if they are not in duty,why dont you expand every things as many as you can,where is the whole money collected from SS resources,you spent seventy million US dollars on roads yet people are buying wrong materials as happened for Juba and Torit bridge,people can throw the huge amount of money into their pockets and spending little yet they are intending represent the whole money as been spent on materials,instead of being positive about your country yet people are applying silly policy of selfish where same of the money are taken into perosnal account and keep for his benefit,this corrpted policy will never bring positive future to us if the money is always keep in wrong account under personal hips pockets where you sit on and everyone cannot see.if your heart is for being properious surely you will regret with alittle you have own at the moment.
Paul Yithak
South Sudan President opens Juba Teaching Hospital
I would like to congratulate our President Kiir, Minister Dr. Monytuil and Dr. Maker for this historic work. I am pleased that our President and his entire Government have made serving the people of the South as their priority. For instance, President Kiir was supposed to be in Kenana (Near Kosti) yester day to attend the federal council of ministers meeting where the whole meeting was moved to Sudan’s largest sugar factory, the world largest one unit Sugar complex. However the meeting was devoted to discuss one commodity “Sugar”, but kiir did not attend, he instead sent H.E Hon. John Lok the GoSS minister of Energy Mining and Industry to attend. Hon. Lok rightly voiced the concerns of the people of South Sudan on the borrowed equipments, Machines tractors of Malut, and Mangala Sugar factories which were used in Kenana Sugar complex, but yet to be returned to the South. President Bashir made no answer but brook into laughter. Because he doesn’t wants to return the borrowed equipments. We should appreciate a job well done by GoSS and we should criticize constructively, any wrong doing after all, they are all human like us they are liable of making mistakes. I have been a constant visitor to Juba before and after Signing CPA, especially to the hospital as a humanitarian worker, I was so sad to see Juba teaching hospital in such an appalling condition. It was only rendering emergency services carried out by ICRC. There were no beds to be shared between nurses and patience but now, with GoSS stepping in; the Hospital has now regained it good shape as a regional hospital. I would wish that the current Minster could form an investigation team to look into the proposed project of Late Dr. Garang Hospital which was donated by the Norwegian Government but has not been built. GoSS, well don.
Michael Arob Deng
South Sudan President opens Juba Teaching Hospital
Good move H.E Salva Kiir
This would show to Arabs that GOSS is doing the mission they came for , though there is corruption in GOSS still there is room and characters who can build south sudan.
Arabs think that the best thing we can do is the DRINKING OF ALCHOL AND FIGHT AMONTH ONE ANOTHER. but blessed GOSS has proven to them the opposit. Please keep on doing your best to reform the South Sudan and the entire country as well we are all behind you.
Thanks gose to those who have participated in building the hospital, and all Doctors who are gone be in charge of the hospital, please treat your future sons and duaghter in a professional way and prepare as mang generation as your ability would take you to. nothing make us back to Arabs hand, we have the capacity to help our people and the entire Sudan… Halluhya…