Eye Radio staff helping out a patient wounded by gunshots at the Juba Teaching Hospital in 2014.

As a gesture of solidarity with the victims of the ongoing crisis in the country, the staff of Eye Radio and Internews paid a visit to the Juba Teaching Hospital this morning.

The fifteen members, who represented Eye Radio and Internews, took with them some food items and other essential items for supporting the most vulnerable patients in the hospital.

The Station Manager of Eye Radio, Stephen Omiri, who spoke on behalf of the staff said, since the eruption of the crisis in mid-December last year, the station remains “impartial in its reporting”.

“We know very well that our crisis, there is something going on and as a media house, it is very important for us to remain impartial, because we are in the business of collecting information and giving that information out and as you know where there is no information you would create room for gossip, and that is why in this conflict from the 15^th of December last year, we have remained “very impartial” in our reporting. We make sure that our information is “accurate and it is balanced”, he said.

Mr. Omiri thanked the management and the staff of Juba Teaching Hospital for their work during this crisis.

Madam Deborah Ensor, the Chief of Party of Internews South Sudan, the implementer of Eye Radio, who accompanied the staff thanked them for their generous contributions:

She said, “This is just a wonderful initiative on behalf of all the staff of Eye Radio who have personally done all of these things from their own pockets to help some of the victims that are here in the hospital as well as the staff. So we are very proud of all of the individual staff members for everything they have done from their very own pockets and from their very own hearts to help in this.”

Meanwhile, the Director-General of Juba Teaching Hospital, Dr. Wani Lolik, said the contribution from Eye Radio staff helped in alleviating the suffering of the vulnerable in the hospital.

“What you have done really contributes to alleviating the pain that our people are suffering because of this crisis. Eye Radio has been instrumental in building the peace and instrumental in telling the truth. You have never been partial in your reporting so I’m very thankful and I thank you very much for what you have brought.”

Dr. Lolik also thanked the staff and management of Eye Radio for their visit.