By
Gideon D. Ebbah, GNA
Effiduase (Ash), Jan
07, GNA – The Pinasol Foundation, a community-based Child- centered Non-
Governmental Organization in the Sekyere East District, has donated food items
to in-patients of some hospitals in the District.
The items included
cooked food packages, soft drinks, pastries and confectioneries among others,
were donated to the in-patients within three health institutions at Effiduase
and Asokore.
The health
facilities are the Effiduase Government Hospital, Divine Hospital and the
Ahmaddiyya Government Hospital.
Dr. Kwame Sefah, the
Principal Scientist of Roche Molecular Systems in the USA, a Philanthropist and
donor to the Foundation, who funded the donation, in a brief speech at the
presentation ceremony held at the premises of the Effiduase Government
Hospital, said it was most pertinent to give utmost care to the poor and needy
in society.
Apostle Solomon
Asiamah Okyere, the Executive Director, said the gesture was to focus community
attention to the care of the sick and those admitted at the health facilities
receiving treatment for different ailments, especially the poor and needy who
feel rejected during their moments of hospitalization.
He said the exercise
which begun last year, would be sustained as an annual programme aimed at
complementing the already established programmes for mutual care and support
for humanity.
Apostle Okyere said
it was necessary for churches and corporate bodies to employ such initiatives
as part of their corporate social responsibilities.
He said though there
was the existence of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to cater for
patients at the various health centers, a little support in terms of cash or
kind, from religious and various corporate bodies, was necessary for the
psychological healing and wellbeing of the sick, especially those who were
hospitalised.
He called on
churches to establish foundations to care for the poor, needy and the sick in
the society, to enhance the welfare of all persons locally and globally.
GNA
