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President Jammeh resumes controversial
HIV/AIDS treatment programme Courtesy: Gambian News 15 February, 2010  Gambian
President Yahya Jammeh has resumed his controver sial Presidential
Treatment Programme with a batch of 352 patients suffering from
different ailments, ranging from HIV/AIDS, asthma and hypertension, PANA
reported from here Friday.According to sources, Jammeh has retreated to his native village of Kanilai, some 120 kilometres south/east of Banjul capital, where he runs a clinic for the traditional herbal treatment programme. The batch, consisting of 48 HIV/AIDS patients, 147 asthmatic and 157 hypertensive patients, have started taking the controversial medicine, which is largely based on herbal concoction and incantation since 11 February. At the inception of the treatment, Jammeh assured that his medicine was indeed effective, promising that 99 per cent of the patients would have their "health restored" at the end of the exercise. The Gambian President explained that treating HIV/AIDS would not be an easy task but quickly added that his seven different liquid medications would do the job. He told the patients to seriously take their medication, adding that "all of them are important in the treatment to restore your health." Jammeh also spelt out the rules and regulations surrounding the treatment programme, saying patients must not engage in chewing of cola nut, drinking coffee/China green tea or smoking cigarette or eating pork, while undergoing treatment. As Jammeh carries on with his "breakthrough", critics have continued to challenge the effectiveness of the treatment, with some calling for "scientific proofs" to back up the claims. "What is needed is the scientific validation of the President's treatment after three years of operation," some critics recently argued. "This cannot be done by musicians and politicians. They are done by laboratory scientists and pathologists. Medicine is medicine, regardless of whether it is referred to as traditional, western or modern," the critics asserted. |
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