West Volta Presbytery Women Bible Class of EP Church presents items to Korle-Bu babies unit
The West Volta Presbytery Women Bible Class of the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Church, Ghana, has presented assorted items to the babies unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to support its operations.
The assorted items presented include toiletries, detergents, milo, packs of bottle water and drinks, toothpaste, diapers, and other consumables.
Speaking to the media, the President of the West Volta Women Bible Class, Mrs Adelaide Oteng, said the presentation of the items formed part of activities to mark its 50th anniversary celebrations.
She explained that the bible class chose the babies unit for the presentation because babies were among the most vulnerable groups that needed to be cared for.
“We have chosen this unit because looking at the whole set up, these are vulnerable in society. We got to know from the small investigation we did that some are here without care or the parents or families are challenged. So it is ideal if we can support,” Mrs Oteng said.
Mrs Oteng further noted that the bible class had undertaken similar initiatives in other places such as the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, adding that the bible class would factor such initiatives into its future programmes.
She also urged Ghanaians to protect God’s creation and pray for peace ahead of the December 7 elections.
On her part, the Deputy Chief Nursing Officer of the babies unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Mrs Juliet Adi, expressed profound gratitude to members of the bible class for the kind gesture.
Mrs Adi said although the washrooms for mothers, which were a major challenge, had been addressed, the unit was in need of restrooms for mothers, as the ones it had were not spacious enough to accommodate them.
She, therefore, appealed to corporate organisations to come to the aid of the babies unit to support it as management of the hospital continuous to find ways of addressing its challenges.
Members of the West Volta Presbyter Women Bible Class, after the presentation of the items, visited some of the babies at the babies ward of the hospital and said prayers for them.
BY BENJAMIN ARCTON-TETTEY
