A non for profit organization ,Cartel Foundation has donated medical equipment such as Screen, weighing scale ,finger tip pulse oximeter, couch,BP apparatus, stethoscope,nebulizer ,trolley ,glacometer ,glacometer strips, digital thermometer, dressing instruments, Plaster, face mask, among others to Medical Village Health Center in Koforidua -Two Streams Electoral Area in Eastern region to improve quality healthcare.
Henry Harry Owoo, CEO of Cartel Foundation said the donation was in response to request made by Assembly member for Two Streams Electoral Area and management of the Health center for urgent intervention to ameliorate the plight of the facility.
Assembly member for Two Streams Electoral Area Citizen Tetteh said apart from infrastructural challenges , the medical Village health center was faced with inadequate logistics including BP apparatus, gloves, beds which was affecting health care delivery.
He therefore commended Cartel foundation for responding to their calls to help the facility.
Mary Oforiwaa Atua Sub-municipal head of Medical village Health Center was grateful to cartel foundation for the swift support which will significantly improve healthcare delivery.
She said the Medical village Health Center, which is a sub-municipal health facility serves five communities, as well as students and staff of Koforidua Nursing training college in new Juaben South municipality in Eastern region.
However the facility lacks laboratory, placenta pit, many logistics, and infrastructure.
She said adult males and females, children and new born mothers are admitted at only one ward serving the entire facility .
She therefore appealed for more support.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
