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Over 762 patients for President Jammeh’s hypertension treatment

As part of his breakthrough in the treatment of diseases such as HIV/Aids, hypertension, asthma, and others, Professor Alhaji Yahya Jammeh yesterday began the treatment of the 3rd batch of hypertension patients at State House. At least 762 hypertension patients received the treatment. The latest batch of hypertension patients included over 300 non-Gambians, among them a British lady, Senegalese nationals and others from different countries around the world. Speaking to journalists after the...

Gambia Observes World Diabetes Day

The Department of State for Health, in collaboration withThe Gambia Diabetes Association, last Friday celebrated world diabetes day atthe Nation Assembly complex in Banjul. The theme of this year’s commemoration is raising awarenessof diabetes in children and adolescents. Delivering her keynote address at the occasion, the speakerof the National Assembly, Hon Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, said diabetes is asilent killer noting that non communicable diseases such as diabetes,hypertension and high...

Diabetes and society

by Momodou A.I. TekanyiSchool of MedicineUniversity of The Gambia. Introduction It is astonishing to mention that disease conditions (like noncommunicable diseases) which were peculiar to the western world are becoming an order of the day in developing countries, The Gambia inclusive and in which diabetes isn’t an exception. This is what made me write about this disease to help some of my mums and dads victimized and the public at large in enabling them get a little about it. What is...

New herbal pharmacy opens

A new herbal clinic was recently opened in Ghana town, Brufut by the Traditional Medicine and Home Care Foundation (TMHCF).The pharmacy is located along the Brufut beach way through Ghana town.   The herbalist and president of the organisation, Dr Al-Hassan, said he had collected some very good traditional medicine for common and chronic diseases such as asthma, hypertension, tuberculosis, pneumonia, chronic headaches, stomach aches, etc. In addition Dr Abubakarr gave free counselling...

Bronchopneumonia patient needs fianancial assistance

Maimuna Sey, age 4, resident in Latrikunda Sabaji is still in need of financial assistance to proceed to overseas for a timely reconstructive cardiac surgery following a medical report since February 2007. According to a medical report from the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Maimuna Sey was aged 25 weeks when she was first admitted to the hospital for a bronchopneumonia and has been known since birth to be feeding poorly, tires very easily and sweats a lot while breastfeeding with poor...

Anniversary of HIV/Aids Breakthrough

Thursday, 17th January which is the eve of Yawmal Sahura, makes one year since His Excellency the President of the Republic of The Gambia, Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh, introduced the treatment of HIV/AIDS in The Gambia. Since then, over 30 patients have been treated and discharged, with the Aids virus no longer detected in their blood stream. In addition to this remarkable achievement, President Jammeh has cured over 1000 people suffering from asthma and hundred of people with hypertension,...

More asthma, hypertension cases treated

Twenty asthma patients and a total of 30 hypertensive patients, on Friday, benefited from President Alhaji Dr Yahya Jammeh’s herbal medicine at his home village of Kanilai in Foni Kansala, Western Region, according to reports monitored from GRTS. Dr Patrick Chang, Taiwanese ambassador to The Gambia, and members of the Taiwan Mobile Medical Team, which arrived in Banjul on December 9 to administer humanitarian medical services to provincial Gambia, witnessed the Gambian leader’s treatment...

How Does Meditation Work?

There is so much talk about meditation and its benefits - but how does meditation work? A lot of study has gone into how exactly meditation brings about the benefits felt by people who practice it regularly. Research studies reveal that meditation induces a healthy relaxed state resulting in a lower heart rate, lower respiratory rate, and lower pulse rate. In fact, it is a wonderfully easy way to rest the body. Meditation increases alertness, creativity and cultivates clarity of thought. There...

Another 201 patients under Jammeh’s treatment...as hypertension cure progresses

The third batch of 201 patients suffering from hypertension last evening lined-up at Kanilai to receive President Yahya Jammeh’s hypertension treatment. The patients included different people from different works of life, both young and old. Before starting the treatment, the Gambian leader looked at the Quran and told patients some of the diseases and pains they were suffering from, to which the patients answered in the positive. Additionally, before giving the medication to the patients,...

President Jammeh Cures Hypertension

The first batch of the 55 patients, who suffer from high-blood pressure or hypertension were yesterday assembled in Kanilai for the second time to attend President Yahya Jammeh’s herbal treatment, which many regarded as effective. Speaking to journalists, shortly after taken the medication, Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare, said he “is quite impressed with what I have seen, because before the start of the treatment the blood pressure of the patients were...