THE Lions Club of Tema has donated 10 wheel chairs valued at the cost of GHC2000 to the Atua Government Hospital in the Lower Manya Krobo District in the Eastern Region.
The donation followed an appeal made on behalf of the hospital and the people of the area by a resident of the community, Mrs Margaret Padi, on the difficult manner in which patients, particularly, the elderly were moved through and from the hospital and within the various areas of the facility.
She was concerned about the fact that patients in severe pains had to get down from vehicles and manage to walk to be able to see medical personnel.
Making the donation, the immediate past Zonal Chairperson (IPZC) for Zone 161 of the Lion Club’s International, Ms Kate Baaba Hudson said, the presentation was in line the club’s monthly activity and also forms part of their social responsibility and the beginning of various outreach programmes outlined for the year.
The programmes according to her were aimed at reaching out to deprived communities and societies outside their catchment area of operation.
That she said was an indication towards achieving the Lion’s Club International’s thematic declaration of ‘Beacon of Hope’ for the year 2011.
Ms Hudson was optimistic; the donation would be utilized effectively by hospital officials as they made strides towards providing quality healthcare.
The IPZC said, the Tema Lion’s Club was a member of Region 16 of the LCI which is made up of 12 Lion’s Club which is made up of 12 Lion’s Club in Ghana which are part of the District 403-A. The district body comes under the umbrella body of the Lion’s Club International which has its headquarters in Chicago, USA.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Mr Isaac Agbo Tettey, who received the items on behalf of the hospital, commended the club for the gesture which he said would go a long way to alleviate basic logistic problems facing the facility.
He pointed out that, the facility which serves as a referral center for the Yilo Krobo, Upper Manya, Dangme West and the Asuogyaman District Assemblies has been under enormous pressure.
The hospital according to Mr Tettey has not seen any major renovation over the last 30years, while link roads connecting the facility were in deplorable conditions.
“Although the assembly has over the past few years developed blueprints towards improving upon quality healthcare and education in the district, inadequate financial constraints were thwarting efforts”, Mr Tettey lamented.
He has thus appeal to the incoming Health Minister, Mr Joseph Yileh Chireh to as a matter of urgency visit the facility as he seeks first hand information on the state of health deliver in the hinterland.
The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Alexander Osei-Bonsu on the other hand called for more assistant from corporate institutions towards alleviating the facility. That he said would contribute meaningfully towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals that sought to provide access to affordable healthcare to all.
The Lion’s Club has over the years made significant contributions towards health delivery in the country. Members’ quest towards reducing incidents of eye diseases saw the club putting up a multimillion dollar eye care center which has been described as the biggest in the country for the Tema General hospital. The facility currently serves as referral center for cases across the Greater Accra, Eastern and Volta regions respectively.
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