By
Julius K. Satsi, GNA
Accra, Sept. 18, GNA – The Ghana Insurance
Brokers Association (GIBA) as part of its anniversary on Tuesday donated some
items totalling GH¢10,000.00 to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for the care of
patients in the facility.
Items were hospital beds, stretchers, wheel
chairs, ceiling fans, bags of sugar, bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil,
cartons of milk, packs of biscuits, loaves of bread, bottles and sachets of
water, and boxes of used items (including clothing for male and females adults
as well as for kids, footwear and bed sheets).
Madam Lena Adu-Kofi, the President of GIBA,
said the donation forms part of activities to celebrate it’s 30th anniversary.
She said the organisation which was
established in 1988, hinges on its concern for the wellbeing of everyone in
society to show some love to the patients and staff of the hospital as part of
their celebration.
Madam Adu-Kofi used the occasion to call on
the public to embrace insurance as the benefits far outweighs negative
perception about the industry, stressing insurance has helped a lot of people
to recover their lost properties and restored happiness in families.
She said the Association with other partners
would continue to create the awareness and intensify education to ensure that
more Ghanaians were insured for easy recovery after losses in life.
Mr Emmanuel Pappoe, the District Deputy
Director of Nursing, who received the items, commended the Association for the
kind gesture saying it would go a long way to support activities of management
in providing quality care for patients.
He said the donations came at the right time
when the hospital was in dire need for such items as almost all relatives of
patients have abandoned them to the care of the facility, which has been
struggling with funds.
Mr Pappoe said the hospital has been dwelling
on the benevolent donations from charity organisations and individuals and some
corporate entities.
Mr Emmanuel Aboagye Appiah, the Public
Relations Officer of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, in an interview with the
Ghana News Agency said, some wards are in bad shape.
He said the hospital currently housed 800
patients but government subsidies were not forthcoming and this has led
management to solicit for donations from benevolent individuals and
institutions to provide care for patients.
“If philanthropist do not come to our aid,
food becomes a problem for our patients and sometimes they have to feed on
‘gari and beans’ until someone donates something different,” Mr Appiah said.
GNA