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Tamale, Ghana – The corporate social responsibility investment arm of telecom giant, MTN Ghana, today presented 28,500 personal protective equipment to 10 hospitals across Northern Ghana in support of their efforts to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
The beneficiary hospitals are Tamale Teaching Hospital, Saboba Hospital, Damongo Catholic Hospital, Salaga Government Hospital, Upper East Regional Hospital and the Bongo District Hospital.
The rest are Upper West Regional Hospital, Jirapa Catholic Hospital, Baptist Hospital at Nalerigu and the Walewale Government Hospital.
The Tamale Teaching Hospital which was MTN Ghana Foundation’s first port of call on Tuesday September 6, 2020, received 3,000 pieces of N95 nose mask.
Obed Adu-Amankwaah, Area Sales Manager in charge of the Upper West, Upper East, North East, Northern and Savannah Regions led the team from MTN Ghana Foundation.
“We would like to take this opportunity to commend you and all other health workers across the country for your dedication in the fight against Covid-19 in Ghana….As tough as the circumstances have been, our health workers have been up to task in the fight against this deadly virus. We say a yesoo!!! “, he said as he presented the items to the Director of Administration of TTH George Atampugre.
Mr. Atampugre thanked MTN Ghana Foundation for the donation always coming to their aid whenever the need arises.
He implored MTN Ghana and its foundation to continue to partner with management of the hospital to address challenges affecting quality healthcare delivery.
The rest of the N95 nose mask have also been presented to the remaining hospitals in the other regions. Nationwide, the Foundation is donating 88,500 masks to 30 hospitals across the 16 administrative regions.
In the wake of the coronavirus also known as Covid-19, MTN Ghana has made several interventions across the country. The support given by the publicly listed company are very substantial according to Mr Adu-Amankwaah.
“We all need to give our best to help improve the situation. Key amongst our support are the over 44,000 PPEs and PCR machines which we presented to the National Covid Trust Fund. We also provided essential equipment to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research to promote rapid testing and data processing.
“We have not only invested in these PPEs which was worth 5 million cedis; we are also investing in behavioural change programs. In line with this, we have recently launched the “Wear it for me” and Be Wise campaigns which seeks to raise awareness about the importance of face masks in the fight against the virus”, Mr Adu-Amankwaah pointed out.
By SavannahNewsOnline.Com/Philip Liebs
