Mr. Buabeng (L) handing over the items to Col. Amponsah
Faith-based health system strengthening organisation, LifeNet International, has donated medical equipment to the Salvation Army health facilities.
The equipment includes drip stands, manual sphygmomanometers, manual otoscopes, microscope, resuscitation table, delivery bed, semi-auto chemistry analyser, oxygen cylinders, hernia set, gynaecologist set, suction machine, pulse oxymeter and blood pressure (BP) apparatus among others.
Office equipment like computers, printers and air conditioners were also presented.
Country Director for LifeNet International, Idris Buabeng, making the donation said although faith-based health facilities are powerful vehicles for community-wide development, they are often faced with several challenges.
These, he said, included the low capacity of health workers to provide high quality clinical care, unavailability of essential medical equipment and tools needed to deliver care, and presence of a management process for sustainable running of the facility.
Mr. Buabeng thus noted that LifeNet partners with similar faith-based facilities to provide continuous professional training and mentorship, finance critical medical equipment, and help to improve the management systems and financial processes.
He said the donation was therefore a widows’ mite to support the work of the Salvation Army in the Greater Accra and Volta regions.
“It is the hope of LifeNet that the Salvation Army health facilities… would maintain the equipment in good state and function and ensure that they meet the purpose for which they were provided,” he stated.
Territorial Commander, Ghana Territory, Col. Samuel Amponsah, who received the donation on behalf of the organisation, expressed his profound gratitude to LifeNet International for the kind gesture.
He said the items are going to facilitate medical delivery in the various health facilities adding, “We are hopeful that many more lives would be saved in our facilities through your donation.”
Director of Medical, Social and Community Service of the Salvation Army, Ghana, Major Agatha Essel, said the equipment would benefit three facilities; Adaklu Sofa SA, Ablorman SA and Anidaso Fie.
She assured that they would be used for its intended purposes and maintained appropriately.
Facility Administrator at the Adaklu SA facility, Daniel Addo, who was grateful for the donation, called on other organisations to follow the step of LifeNet International and support faith-based health facilities that are providing quality healthcare in hard to reach areas of the country.
By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri