GAMBIA: BREAKING NEWS: HOSPITAL CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR, WHO FACES “FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES” DURING A TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES WITH THE FIRST LADY, RECEIVES A BAILOUT OF $2,500 FROM EFTSH!

The Chief Medical Director at the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital Dr. Samateh, received a financial bailout from the hospital in the sum of $2,500 dollars. This followed, a trip Samateh, had made to the United States, together with First Lady Fatoumatta Bah Barrow. He told his colleagues at the hospital management that he was experiencing financial problem during that trip; hence he wanted the hospital to wire him some money.

 An intercepted Memo from the EFTSH said Samateh accompanied the First Lady to the United States in a bid to represent the interest of the hospital. Though Dr. Samateh became “financially stranded” during that trip. 

 A request was  made for the hospital to make a Western Union money transfer of $2,500 to Dr. Samateh, who was said to be facing financial difficulties while living in Manhattan, New York. Manhattan is one of the most expensive residential areas in New York.

“The Chief Medical Director has traveled to the United States with the delegation of the First Lady to represent the interest of the hospital in the United States. From my conversation we had with the OMD on the telephone, it seems he is encountering some unforeseen financial difficulties the course of his travelling and stay in the United States. I am requesting for an impress of $2,500 dollars on behalf of the Chief Medical Director to be transferred by Western Union to the United States. He is staying in Manhattan in New York,” the hospital Public Relations Officer wrote.

 Dr. Samateh could not be reached for his own side of the story. It is not clear if Dr. Samateh has used the entire $2,500 dollars impress that was wired to him by the hospital via Western Union.

Freedom Newspaper   October 22nd, 2018