In a recent development, parts of Connaught Hospital, a prominent medical facility in Freetown, experienced flooding due to the ongoing heavy rainfall.
A video circulating on social media, captured by a hospital worker, exposes the inundation of one of the hospital units with water originating from the adjacent streets.
Fortunately, there have been no reports of significant damage or destruction of property resulting from the flooding incident.
It is noteworthy that earlier this month, Connaught Hospital’s Emergency Unit and Out Patient Department underwent extensive renovations, a project made possible through collaboration with Medici con l’Africa. These improvements aimed to enhance the hospital’s capacity to deliver prompt and high-quality patient care.
Coincidentally, today marks the somber six-year anniversary of the devastating August 14 mudslide, which tragically claimed the lives of over 400 individuals in the mountainous town of Regent on the outskirts of Freetown. The calamity resulted in the obliteration of homes and triggered an ardent search for missing family members among the residents.
The disaster left behind an immense trail of destruction, causing extensive damage to buildings, vital infrastructure, and an estimated loss of over a thousand lives. Responding to the catastrophic event, the government of Sierra Leone reached out to the World Bank, seeking financial aid and assistance in disaster risk management measures to be better prepared for the possibility of a recurrence of such a catastrophic incident.
