Gender minister visits wounded SPLA soldiers
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 07:10 Lagu Francis South Sudan >>> . The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Agnes Kwaje Lasuba on Tuesday visited the wounded Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers in Juba Military Hospital. "We as a ministry of social welfare have also come to give our little contribution," Kwaje said of the soldiers wounded during the recent confrontation with Sudan along the borders. "Above all, we came to tell the soldiers that we as women and mothers we share their pain and at the same time we feel for them because we are their mothers". "They are our sons, our brothers, our husbands, you name it. So we are part and parcel of the pain they are going through and of the struggle they are going through". She said her visit to wounded soldiers has been delayed by her official trips to Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Lakes and Upper Nile states. The acting medical director of the hospital, Major Marial Majur Cikom welcomed the support of the ministry and said the soldiers were responding well to treatment. "All the cases are now okay. During the first two weeks, it was really very bad, but after three weeks all the cases were treated well and improved and we are planning to discharge them," Majur said of the wounded soldiers. Majur said most cases being treated are limb and head injuries, saying the number of the wounded is big and all the wards are full. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
