Buea Regional Hospital:Haemodialysis Centre Receives Four New Machines

The gifts, from the Elone Foundation will help the centre improve its services in the region and beyond.

Some 200 maintenance haemodialysis patients in the South West Region have been assured of the availability and smooth continuity of their services. This was because four haemodialysis machines were donated to the Haemodialysis Centre of the Buea Regional Hospital by Elone Foundation and Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement (CPDM) Section UK and Northern Ireland. The four haemodialysis machines have increased the tally of haemodialysis machines at the centre from six to 10.

The donor, Lady Grace Elone who doubles as CPDM Section President, UK and Northern Ireland, said that she once visited the hospital and there was a protest from haemodialysis patients on the lack of their services. Among them was a kid whose mother had taken him to a herbalist and the concoction given to him there damaged his kidney. “Because of the little boy I thought I should do something for the Haemodialysis Centre”. That is what we are celebrating today, as I did everything to be sure that we bought the right machines, and that the staff are trained to use them,” she stated.

The Director of the Buea Regional Hospital, Professor. Enow Orock E George was hopeful that the equipment will go a long way to allevi...