K'bu Child Health Dept. ready to partner organisations for expansion of the facility

 
A Principal Nursing Officer at the Department of Child Health of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital, Ms. Joyce Oppong-Ayisi, on Wednesday, disclosed that medical personnel at the Department on regular basis have to donate their limited personal resources to enable some parents purchase prescribed medicines to commence treatment of their children.

She said the Department is ready to partner any organisation that wishes to support in the renovation and expansion of the various wards and other facilities, for better accommodation and effective health delivery system.

Mrs. Opong- Ayisi said this when SEWA Foundation, an NGO committed to ending child trafficking, slavery and child abuse in Ghana, donated food items and 200 plastic chairs worth GH₵ 10,000.00, to the Department of Child Health of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital.    

Mrs. Opong-Ayisi who received the donation, expressed the hospitals appreciation to the Foundation and its sponsors for the kind gesture.

She also expressed gratitude to the Foundation for conceiving the idea of establishing a National Children’s Emergency Health Fund, which would save both needy parents and caregivers from the agony of not being able to save the life of a child due to financial constraints.

The Foundation donated food items and 200 plastic chairs worth GH₵ 10,000.00, to the Department of Child Health of the Korle-bu Teaching Hospital.    

SEWA also presented some prepared meals as lunch for the patients and their caregivers. 

The President of  the Foundation,  Mr Jones Owusu Yeboah said SEWA is committed to ending child trafficking, slavery and child abuse in Ghana.

Mr Owusu Yeboah  President of the SEWA Foundation said the gesture was their contribution towards the provision of quality health care and to put some smiles on the faces of the patients and their caregivers.

According to him the donation was a start-up to a bigger partnership between the Foundation and the Department, to the ensure renovations and expansion of the HIV and AIDS wards, emergency units and as well as the pharmacy.

He said the SEWA Foundation is also spearheading the establishment of a National Children’s Emergency Health Fund, to cater for the immediate health needs of patients whose parents for a reason may need such assistance.

This, he said, would reduce the instances where some parents would have to be featured with their sick children in the media to solicit for public support for medical health.

“We will soon launch the fund, with the initial support coming from our current sponsors who include the Ange Hill Hotel, the Bush Canteen and VIP Commercial bus drivers,” he said.

Mr. Yeboah called on corporate institutions and individuals to pay regular visits to the hospital to learn more about their challenges to be able to provide the needed assistance, and also to donate to the fund when established in order to build up ready financial resources save lives.   


SOURCE: GNA