In Burkina Faso, the wounded from the explosion at the gold panning site of Gomgombiro are still admitted to the regional hospital center of Gaoua. This center received about eighty wounded, with various pathologies. The hospital had to call in the personnel of the various departments given the urgency of the situation. For the general manager, it was a race against death. Only forty people, the most serious cases are still in hospital, and we have to deal with medical prescriptions, after free treatment.
with our special correspondent in Gaoua, Yaya Boudani
The team of Doctor Francis Somé, Director General of the Gaoua Regional Hospital Center is still active at the bedside of the wounded in theexplosion of the gold panning site. The hospital center received 83 injured. But a few days after the incident, dozens of people were able to join their families. Of all the injured, about forty had to be operated on, “ they have all been and three remain in intensive care. No one was evacuated, everyone was taken care of here.»
Open fractures, injuries to the chest and abdomen, the last injured are waiting to enter the operating room according to Doctor Florent Bananzaro, head of the surgery department. “ The explosion caused injuries to the chest, stomach and limbs with open fractures. Cases that required rapid treatment in the operating room were taken care of as soon as they arrived, from the first day. »
Lying in a corridor, on a mat with a bandage over his left eye, wounds all over his body, Amidou Sawadogo awaits further treatment, according to his brother. After free first aid treatment, families no longer know how to deal with medical prescriptions. “ He is doing a lot today. But in a few days he must undergo several operations to extract the pieces of metals he has received throughout his body. We have nothing left. Any help will be welcome »
The hospital received a financial envelope from the Presidency of Faso to help support these miners, who lost practically everything in the explosion.
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