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Effutu Govt Hospital receives support

The Akwantufo Welfare Club, a benevolent group in Winneba has donated Oxygen flow meters valued over 1,500.00 Ghana Cedis to Effutu Municipality Government Hospital in Winneba.

Date Created : 9/25/2018 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : J. K. Nabary/Ghanadistricts.com

Making the Presentation at the premises of the facilities Mr. K. B. Annan Jnr. Patron of the Club said, the donation forms part of the club's social and charity responsibilities of giving back to society.

He expressed the hope that, the equipment will be used to help enhance quality health care delivery in the facility.

Mr. Justice Godsent Nkum President of the club said, the objectives for the formation of the club and why it was named Akwantufo meaning (travellers), human beings are travellers on earth and that the group deemed it necessary to come together, to help themselves and also periodically bring on board some of their limited resources together to support facilities such as the hospitals and schools to supplement Governments efforts.

He said since the club was formed five years ago they have supported the Hospital and a private hospital (Baptist Hospital) in Effutu Municipality with a numbers of medical consumables which included Commode Wheel Chairs, painted the government hospital children’s ward and donated Television sets among others.

Dr. Richard Sammy Anongura Medical Superintendent in charge of the hospital who received the equipment’s on behalf of the management of the facility, thanked the club for their continues support to the hospital.

He said the meters had come at the time when the facility needed reserves of such machines and assured them that they will make good use of them.

Later in an interview with the Ghana NewsAgency Dr. Anongura said the hospital has numerous challenges but the notable one among them is the facelift of the aged hospital infrastructure built in 1929.

He said as results of it situation the hospital channeled most of their Internal Generated Funds to renovate periodically instead of using it on drugs and other equipment for service delivery.

According to him the National Health Insurance Scheme own the facility thousands of Ghana Cedis and noted that but for the good relationship the hospital has with their suppliers they would discontinue to supplying them with drugs and other consumables.

He appealed to the authorities of NHIS to pay them to enable also pay their suppliers.