IDC – Infectious Disease Center

Dr. Samuel A. Brisbane and Dr. Abraham S. Borbor founded the Infectious Disease Program within the Internal Medicine department. Unfortunately, they both lost their lives during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia in 2014. Dr. Wvannie Scott McDonald is now the General Administrator at John F. Kennedy Medical Hospital.

The clinic now serves for HIV and TB treatment and was renovated by USAID, FHI 360 and PREVAIL through the Ministry of Health-Liberia.

The clinic is staffed with the following:

• Linkage Retention Coordinators
• Index Counselors
• Viral load counselor
• Data clerks (three)
• Peer Navigators

HIV patients enrolled in the IDC program are considered to be on gratis service. Their gratis slips are stamped and receipts of services rendered them for drugs and other services awarded them by the JFKMC (Memorial Hospital) is submitted directly to the Fiscal Department.

The second category of HIV patients are those who are not enrolled in the IDC program. These are patients who visit the JFK Medical Center and are newly diagnose or receiving treatment from other facilities. Patients in this category go through the DSS to receive treatment.