The President Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr. Yahya A. J. J. Jammeh has begun treatment of the sixth intake of 48 HIV/AIDS patients in his home village of Kanilai. The patients are to be housed, fed and provided with other necessities, free of charge during the period.
At an induction session before the start of the treatment, patients were warned of the dos and don'ts of the treatment program which President Jammeh said are meant to guide the behaviours of patients so as to expedite their process of healing. He advised them on the restrictions of the treatment which prohibits among others, the consumption of alcohol, pork, smoking or anything containing caffeine.
The President had earlier in the day completed the treatment of 147 Asthmatic and 157 Hypertensive patients totaling over 300 patients who travelled to Kanilai in search of traditional herbal medication. Thousands have already been treated under these two categories but a significant number continues to come forward to register for treatment.
The number awaiting treatment is overwhelming, said the Director General of the Presidential Treatment Program, Dr. Tamsir Mbowe.
"The medication reacts instantly in most patients; therefore, the hypertensive and Asthmatic patients were discharged the same day. They left Kanilai relieved and confident, they can return to their various communities as normal persons", said Dr. Mbowe.
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HIV/AIDS patients listening to guidelines before the start of the treatment. 