Melcom Care Foundation supports 25 hospitals, 2 other bodies
The Melcom Care Foundation last Thursday donated electrical appliances and other items to 25 medical centres and two organisations to support their operations.
The beneficiaries of the refrigerators include the Upper West Regional Hospital, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Upper East Regional Hospital, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ketu South Municipal Hospital, and Central Aflao Hospital.
Some other beneficiaries are the Hohoe Government District Hospital, Sogakope District Hospital, Western Regional Hospital, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Swedru Government Hospital, Kasoa Central Clinic, and Eastern Regional Hospital.
The rest are the Kwehu Government Hospital, Sunyani Teaching Hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Police Hospital, 37 Military Hospital, Greater Accra Regional Hospital, National Cardiothoracic Centre, University of Ghana Medical Centre, Tema General Hospital, the Trust Hospital, Lapaz Community Hospital, and Healthnet Airport Medical Centre.
The two other institutions are the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the Disaster Resilience Network Ghana (DRN), while the appliances include medical refrigerators, televisions, steam irons, fans, rice cookers, and furniture.
The GJA received shopping vouchers and two television sets for winners in two categories of the upcoming GJA awards, while the DRN Ghana received shopping vouchers, one Kenwood steam iron, one Akai standing fan, and a rice cooker.
The Group Director of Communications at Melcom Group Companies, Mr Godwin Avernogbo, said that the donation was in line with the foundation’s commitment to bridging gaps in healthcare facilitation between urban and rural areas.
The Joint Group Managing Directors of Melcom, Mr Manesh Melwani and Mr Ramesh Sadhwani, took turns presenting the items to representatives of the beneficiaries.
On behalf of the beneficiaries, the Chief Executive Officer of the National Blood Service, Dr Shirley Phyllis Ohenewa Owusu-Ofori, thanked Melcom for the gesture.
BY AGNES OWUSU
