GRANDCOALIO Chairman and President of the Liberia Business Association (LBA), Dee-Maxwell Kemayah, made the statement when he donated 25 bags of rice and juices to the National Health Association of Liberia at the LIBA head office in Paynesville on Tuesday. 

According to the Liberia News Agency, Kemayah observed that the death rate from the Ebola virus has continued to increase partly due to the lack of psychosocial counselors at treatment centers. 

He noted that the number of patients dying from the Ebola disease will drop if psychosocial counseling is added at the treatment of those afflicted by the virus. 

The LIBA official also appealed to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Health Minister Dr. Walter Gwenigale to reinstate the president and vice president of the Health Workers Association, noting that “this is not time to suspend health workers, rather it is time for all Liberians, including health workers, to work together in containing the virus”. 

Kemayah urged government to provide basic incentives as well as protective equipment for health workers, noting that “We think they are going through a lot and GRANDCOALIO pays tribute to their valuable services”. 

Meanwhile, the GRANDCOALIO Chair has observed that though urged health workers’ claims for insurance, increased salaries and better incentives are genuine, they should not abandon their job, but rather stay engaged in keeping with their oath to save lives.  

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