The Lions Club of Castries recently made a donation of food hampers to the Infectious Diseases Unit of the Department of Health and Wellness. The food hampers will be distributed to persons living with HIV who are less fortunate.

Acting Senior Medical Officer in the Infectious Diseases Unit, Dr. Gail Gajadhar, expressed gratitude to the Lions Club of Castries for its display of care and compassion.

“This will allow persons who are living with HIV, who attend our clinics, and those most in need to get some assistance,” she said. “I know that toward the end of 2018, there were some donations made to the Sexual Reproductive Health clinic. It has been almost three months since then, so it might be a timely opportunity for persons who are in need to get more assistance.”

Dr. Gajadhar added that other organisations are welcome to provide contributions to HIV patients.

“I am very grateful for persons who are part of groups or even individually, who donate of their time and efforts to persons in need. Anybody who is willing and able, and who would like to assist, we welcome the assistance, because there are persons in need, and there is only so much help we ourselves can offer through government services. So anything additional that persons are willing to offer, we welcome it.”

A total of twelve food hampers were donated to the Infectious Diseases Unit.