MINING COMPANY ASSISTS FOUR HEALTH FACILITIES (PAGE 20)

Story: Kwame Asiedu Marfo, Akyempim

GOLDEN STAR (Wassa Mines) Limited, in collaboration with Project Cure, an international non-governmental organisation, has donated surgical equipment valued at thousands of Ghana cedis to four health facilities in the Western and Central regions towards the improvement of health care delivery in those facilities.
The beneficiaries were the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Central Region and the Tarkwa Government Hospital, Atieku and Nsadweso clinics, all in the Western Region.
Making the presentation at Akyempim in the Mpohor Wassa East District, the General Manager of Golden Star (Wassa Mines), Mr Richard Gray, said the donation was the result of the good relationship between the mining company and the Project Cure which dated back to many years.
He said during the past years, essential hospital equipment, which could not be used by clinics in the company’s catchment area, were imported and had to be donated to big hospitals in the country.
Mr Gray said the company would now import consumable items which could be used by clinics in its operational area.
“We are doing all these as good corporate citizens to develop and improve the conditions in the communities in our catchment area,” he stated.
The Medical Superintendent of Twifo Praso District Hospital, Dr J.B. Annan, expressed his gratitude to the Golden Star and the Project Cure for the gesture.
He also expressed the hope that health workers in the beneficiary hospitals and clinics would put the surgical equipment to good use.
Nana Damoah advised people who had not registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme to do so for them to also have equal access to good health care.