It is the excitement and consternation in the south of the country. A girl hospitalized under oxygen dies during a shedding. The death of Mame Diarra Diouf on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the health center of Vélingara (commune of Casamance, in the South), following a shedding while she was under oxygen raises controversy in the city.
According to the International Association for Medina Mary (Aimm), this young student who was in the 4th grade at Cem 4 of the city was recognized by all as a brilliant and model of discipline. His death due to a power outage is “another case at the Vélingara health centre, with outdated standards”, informed Libération.
The organization adds that «even the generator of the structure does not have a system that would allow its automatic activation, facing the deletions that rhythm the daily life in Vélingara for years»
The Aimm appeals to the populations of Vélingara to mobilize more to provide the capital of the department with a hospital infrastructure worthy of name, for their better health management.
In 2014, in the middle of the Ebola outbreak in neighbouring countries, the association had taken steps in this direction with foreign partners, but without support from the Ministry of Health, they withdrew.
