Gambia: GPA Donates Drugs to Mile II Prison Clinic
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Posted date: 2019-06-14 13:16:44
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The Gambia Ports Authority (GPA), has on Wednesday June 12th 2019 presented medical items to the Mile-II Prison Clinic at a ceremony held at the Prisons Administrative Hall at Mile II.
The Gambia Prisons Department Spokesperson Superintendent Momodou Lamin Ceesay commended the GPA for what he called a great initiative.
Spokesperson Ceesay said the initiative by the GPA is a worthy cause and will add value to the medical service provision of his department to inmates. He added that the gesture will equally complement Government efforts towards creating a better health care system for the Prisons department.
He thanked the GPA for the gesture.
Momodou Lamin Sanyang, the Spokesperson of the GPA
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