The Duamenefa Foundation, a non-governmental organisation promoting peaceful coexistence, has donated medical supplies and other items to the Keta Municipal Hospital in the Volta Region.

The items donated included a nebuliser, suction machine, hand-held pulse oximeter, fetal doppler, a 10L portable oxygen cylinder with a regulator, and a glucose monitoring system with strips for the Children’s Ward. The Male Ward received an adult scale and four ceiling fans.

According to Mr Emmanuel Ketaman Evortepe, the Executive President of the Foundation, this is the seventh time the Foundation has donated to the two wards. The cost of items donated, since February 2020, amounted to GH¢52,494.00.

In a speech read on his behalf, Mr Evortepe said it was a decision between him and his cousin, Dr David Kotei Evortepe (based in the US), to show “care and concern to the place where we were birthed.”

Mr Evortepe acknowledged the contributions of the Foundation’s International Director of Operations, the Board members, and the staff of the Keta Municipal Hospital among others, for making Keta Hospital the best in the Volta Region.

Dr Kofi K. Bonsu, the Medical Director of the Hospital, expressed appreciation to the Foundation and said the support would help in quality healthcare for residents.

The Hospital Administrator, Mr Farouk Iddrisu, assured that the items would be put to good use to improve the quality of services.

“For some time now we’ve not had a suction machine. These are things we need to operate well,” said Ms Sarah Mensah, Nurse in charge of the Children’s Ward, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency.

The Foundation hopes that the cordial relations between them and the hospital will be sustained to ensure effective healthcare delivery.