President Jammeh Cures Hypertension

The first batch of the 55 patients, who suffer from high-blood pressure or hypertension were yesterday assembled in Kanilai for the second time to attend President Yahya Jammeh’s herbal treatment, which many regarded as effective.

Speaking to journalists, shortly after taken the medication, Dr Tamsir Mbowe, Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare, said he “is quite impressed with what I have seen, because before the start of the treatment the blood pressure of the patients were checked; and ten minutes after taking the herbal medication their blood pressure was rechecked again, which has seen reduction of their BP pressure”.

Dr Mbowe said “one thing I always say medicine is meant for the restoration of sick to health. The primary aim of any medical doctor or any traditional healer is to cure patients and to give them herbs to take care of them. I also want to emphasise one point here, about hypertension which most people need to understand and what hypertension is. This is the cardia output minus the versicular resistance, when that happens what normally we get is the pressure putting up”.

He said some books will tell you that hypertension is when one’s blood pressure is above 140 and when the diaterlation is above 90, while others books will define it differently. He added that hypertension does not have any age limit, noting that it can affect both old and young.  “We have two types of hypertension; primary or essential hypertension, which dominates 90% of most hypertensive cases and the other which they called as the systematic or secondary hypertension”, he said.

Dr Mbowe further revealed that the primary aim of any medical doctor or herbalist, is to get rid of the disease from the patients’ bodies. He said “in medicines, there is nothing like comparison, as you cannot compare two medical doctors, noting that there is a traditional healer and western doctors”. He noted that the primary aim of both traditional and medical doctor is to heal his or her patients and this is exactly what President Jammeh is doing.

He further revealed that he is impressed with the way patients have responded to President Jammeh’s treatment. He pointed out that hypertension is presently the leading-killer disease in the country and many other countries for that matter.

Dr Malick Njie, Chief Medical Officer of the RVTH, said: “Patients have responded positively and as a result, they have registered more patients for the treatment. He said: “President Jammeh’s treatment is very effective as the result of the pressure of the patients have shown that too”.

Dr Njie added that more patients have lined up for the treatment, noting that if any patient wants to be treated should be registered at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (RVTH), so that you can benefit from the herbal treatment.

Faye Jammeh, born in Kanilai Village and married in Bakau, said they have stopped taking other medications, since they resorted to President Jammeh’s treatment.

Fatoumatta Sanneh of Jarra Japenni, also noted that she got the disease not long ago. She added that she was finding it very difficult to eat since last year’s Ramadan.

According to her, now she feels alright since she started taking President Jammeh’s traditional medicines. “I am now feeling very alright and praying for Allah to guide and protect President Jammeh,” she said.

Ebrima Mbenga of 59 Gloucester Street, Banjul, said: “I got the disease in 2001, when I was informed by the doctors. I suffered a lot before, but since I took the medicines I feel alright. I can now say I am cured. But before I found it very difficult to drink or eat, but now I am working. I have started work which I was unable to do for the past three years. Now I can work from seven to seven as a dock worker,” he said.

Ida Corr, a resident of Bakau Katchikally and Jai Njie, a Senior Private Secretary at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, both expressed similar sentiments. They indicated that the treatment is indeed very effective.