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kondorong
Gambia
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 Posted - 16 May 2006 : 00:14:49
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| Why are you laughing Njuks? |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 00:22:23
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i'm not, its just a smile i couldnt find a ''smiley'' big enough to show my pride & support to the students.
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 00:24:40
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| Well good to hear that. it helps the blood pressure. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2006 : 00:33:18
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Njuks
This site needs serious updating. They are still advertising jobs with closing dates in 2004. This is a cause for concern. I hope every other sector is not the same.
The latest news on the site is more than one year old at the teching hospital. They have only 6 computers for students and a "lone shelf of books" for the students in the Library. Why all the hype with such a meagre resource. Ceratinly we can do better without the AU summit and buy books for medical studentts and some computers.
http://rvth.dosh.gm/photos.html |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
Edited by - kondorong on 16 May 2006 00:45:32 |
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jambo
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 13:45:23
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kondorong, you are an inspiration the light just went on for me, in something you have written. where is the teaching hospital.
I was still celebrating the fab win of liverpool. gerrard for sainthood.
OTHER GOOD NEWS, I have shipped a box of goods from UK to Banjul due to arrive in Gambia 14th June. i am happy to take a risk and hope all arrives safely |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 14:05:01
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| Can I ask how big was the box? How much does it cost? HAve you arranged someone to collect it? Or does it get delivered. Thanks |
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jambo
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 14:46:06
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| It is a large box cost £85.00 it goes by size of box not weight, because it is put into to bigger crate. they start at you have to take you things to robert clair, St James Road, Bermondsey London. they sail every month. Mine is due to sail 21st of may arrival 14th june. the handling agents in gambia are rosamund trade, denton bridge they are a nightmare, you have to arrange collection yourself. they are high in charges and can charge a little extra than norm. it is 1000 dls administration and then you pay gambian taxes depending on what is in the box. |
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 14:55:49
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| Thats expensive, but then so is excess baggage on the plane. I have loads of things at home that I want to take to Gambia..it is so frustrating that I cant afford to get it there...any ideas of a cheap and easy way to do it??????? |
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jambo
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 15:40:46
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other companies charge 150 to 270 for the same thing. It is cheaper the more you send. this box weight 80kgs, that the equivalent of 4 suitcases. I hope you manage to send things.
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gambiabev
United Kingdom
3091 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2006 : 17:42:40
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| Thanks for that, its very helpful. |
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kondorong
Gambia
4380 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2006 : 18:30:25
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Originally posted by jambo
kondorong, you are an inspiration the light just went on for me, in something you have written. where is the teaching hospital.
I was still celebrating the fab win of liverpool. gerrard for sainthood.
OTHER GOOD NEWS, I have shipped a box of goods from UK to Banjul due to arrive in Gambia 14th June. i am happy to take a risk and hope all arrives safely
This is the site of the teaching hospital. I am really disappointed with what i saw on the site. A teaching hospital having one shelf of books and six computers is really a joke. I am proud of Gambia but we have to be realistic to understand our limitations. I was involved in the sponsoring of the maternity ward.
I tell you; even a thermometer is a problem. Don’t talk about stethoscopes or difilibrum, or suction machines. The ones i saw were there before independence and the nurses are using candle waxes to keep the parts together. This is very true. I was involved in ordering some equipment for the ward from ECHO International. Those of you who work in health care in developing countries can rely on them as a good source for what developing countries need.
They are located in the UK and this is their link.
http://www.echohealth.org.uk/resources_ihe.html
The ward has 66 beds and I tell you before we intervened, patients brought in their own sheets to put on the beds to deliver and sometimes on the floor with no beds; the roof is leaking and you can see molds on the ceiling; Today the Maternity ward is the best so far in the Hospital thanks to private initiative. I think we need to provide basic health care needs and concentrate on prevention strategies for now until we can afford a descent Teaching Hospital.
Honestly speaking we are not ready yet for a medical school with the kind of resources being invested. We have highly intelligent students but not the facilities. The foundation is not there even in High School.
I tried to send a registration form and to my surprise the system will even accept a blank form. I wrote to the Chief Medical Director Yesterday to show my disappointment with the site and that they need to do something about it. Job vacancies with closing dates in 2004; the latest news being more than one year old, and annual report three years behind schedule. In fact you cannot even down load them. This is a very poor Public Relations and I think the Public Relations Officer has a lot of explanation to do.
However I am not hoping for a response from them, as has always been the case.
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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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jambo
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 18:44:37
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| We should be positive about this, were is it, near banjul, serrukunda, how much is it for a student to attend there. |
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 18:50:50
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| They are using the RVH hospital and the School of Nursing as facilities. It is in Banjul. I am very positive about the move but i think it is political. The resources being put there is a joke if we can afford to host the AU summit with tailor-made hummers, where public servants can build marble dome houses and villas. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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njucks
Gambia
1131 Posts |
Posted - 16 May 2006 : 19:19:48
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your reaction to the medical school is perhaps the most disappointing i have seen so far. sometime back you wrote passionately about 'country boys' rising up to take their share. its ok for most people who live in the urban areas healthcare is accessable and almost affordable. i dont really know how much it cost to import doctors but i think it cheaper to make your own. ultimately it is rural healthcare that will benefit from homemade doctors.
but you're over reacting to nothing. so what if the job adverts are old. the website you posted has news dated 2002!!!!!!!!!! does that mean we shouldnt buy their stuff as you recomend. c'on
http://www.echohealth.org.uk/news.html
the medical school is a great step. secondly the school i'm currently attending has 8 computers for 30 students in our department. obviously there are more PC at the library and other places in the campus. its the ratio that counts!! not a PC for each student that would be wasteful. no one sits on a PC for 24hrs
this is just a picture showing books. students are registered with the university of the gambia not at RVTH. the university like all others has its own library. also do u know if there are other rooms with books? is there a library at the nursing school? furthermore you ignore that fact that today most research journals are availabe online by subscription!!
i'm not defending anyone. but you have to be objective. you cannot DESIGN a country. you can't say i'll do this and then when thats done do that. things have to evolve together.
sometime back i visited a Dam in northern Sweden. when it was bieng built there were no roads there then and the weather is cold, so they got men who could stand the cold weather to carried the tools. this is the same mentality that the pioneers of nuclear energy had. they had no 'idea' as it wasnt done before.
you have to be bold and determined to face the challenges. start small and rise.
you're only trying to say that Spring should follow Autumn 
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kondorong
Gambia
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Posted - 16 May 2006 : 19:31:26
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hey
What i have said is that more resources should be invested in the hospital and that we should not be hosting the AU when basic needs are not being attended to. I have welcomed the hospital but i am suprised with the limited reources they are asked to do with when there is a lot of leakages around.
I understand that research journals are avilable on-line but certainly six computers does not give any easy access? CUTS IN EDUCATION TO HOST THE AU IS CERTAINLY NOT IN THE SPIRIT OF BULIDING A MODERN TEACHING HOSPITAL.
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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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