Front view of Phebe Hospital in Suakoko, Bong CountySuakoko, Bong County – The Ministry of Health has withdrawn all of its assigned doctors from Phebe Hospital in reaction to the hospital’s board decision to reject the transfer of Dr. Jefferson Sibley, the hospital’s medical director. Phebe Hospital was built by the Lutheran Church in Liberia, in partnership with the Episcopal Church and the United Methodist Church in 1921. Discussions as to whether Phebe is private or government-run hospital have dominated discussions among both officials of government and members of the board. Phebe is the only referral hospital in central Liberia, catering to over 50,000 people, and the decision by the government to withdraw its assigned doctors leaves the hospital with only a doctor, FrontPage Africa has gathered. Juakollie and Cole believed the government would be blamed if anyone died during the ongoing saga between the Ministry of Health and the board of Phebe Hospital because, they believed, it had not put in the right mechanisms before recalling its doctors from the hospital.

Source: Front Page Africa November 08, 2020 13:50 UTC