Some relief in Wau as Bangladeshi peacekeepers bring medical services to the locals

Some relief in Wau as Bangladeshi peacekeepers bring medical services to the locals

Some relief in Wau as Bangladeshi peacekeepers bring medical services to the locals

4 Apr 2018

Some relief in Wau as Bangladeshi peacekeepers bring medical services to the locals

Joshua Mmali

Residents of Wau town were this week relieved of some of their physical pain and ailments, as Bangladeshi peacekeepers deployed in the town by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), pitched camp, providing basic medical services.

“I have got the medicines that they brought after undergoing examination,” said Veronica Taya, a resident of Wau, who says she has been enduring pain in her joints, related to rheumatism, in addition to aches in her bones and muscles.  

“As an ordinary citizen, I am not able to buy the medicines,” Ms. Taya says, as she hopes to get relief.

“I cannot see well with one of my eyes,” said another patient who got the service. “I’m grateful that I got ointment. I also have pain in my leg. I got all the medicine, and now I’m hoping to recover.”

The peacekeepers provided the services to 124 people during the day-long medical campaign that targeted employees of the Ministry of Education in Wau, and their families.

Major Pradeep Kumar Sarker, Civil Military Coordination officer with the Bangladeshi contingent said treatment was provided for various types of diseases including infections, non-infectious diseases and eye problems.

He said the price of the medicine they dispensed cost just over $3,000.

The peacekeepers have provided similar services over the last six months to about 1,000 people in need of the basic medical service in different areas of Wau and neighboring states, besides their main mandate of protecting of civilians.