About 5400 participants have received free health care during the 88th Annual National Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission held at Pomadze in the Central Region of Ghana. The theme for this year’s Jalsa was “Corruption – A Threat to National Development, Peace and Security.” The Jalsa Planning Committee set up a clinic (Jalsa Clinic) to take care of the health needs of all participants.
By the Grace of Allah, 85 Ahmadi Muslims health professionals including doctors, physician assistants, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, minor surgery assistants and nurses devoted their time to serve all participants who fell sick during the Jalsa.
Speaking to Head of the female health sub-committee, Dr. Fareeda Adusei Wilson believed taking care of the sick during Jalsa was full of joy and she added that it was a pleasure to see participants fit. People coming for the Jalsa may have some health conditions and others too may fall sick in the cause of the Jalsa, she said.
Cases include road traffic accidents, convulsion, dog bite, headache, pneumonia, malaria, diabetes, hypertension, sudden collapse, burns, stomach ache and many more were reported. Sudden collapse was the highest case recorded according to Dr. Wilson.
One of the doctors at the Jalsa Clinic, Dr. Fuzaila Sakka Dumba also added that patients in critical conditions were admitted and treated until their conditions were stable before being discharged.
The clinic had a pharmacy, medical laboratory, eye care center, consulting rooms, out-patient department, female and male ward. The Jalsa Clinic started work two days before the official opening of the Jalsa to help attend to participants on arrival.
Additionally, there was blood donation exercise, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Blood Drive, which sa members of the community donate blood to support healthcare in Ghana.
Story by Nasira Dzigbordi Avagah, Jalsa Salana Ghana
