Dodowa — Avenue Sense Organisation (SSO), a highway security advocacy organisation has donated objects price GH¢37,500 to the Accident Unit of the Shai Osudoku District Hospital within the Higher Accra Area. The objects, together with 50 branded mattresses and 30 cartons of washing cleaning soap are to assist the hospital of their operations. Making the …
Dodowa — Avenue Sense Organisation (SSO), a highway security advocacy organisation has donated objects price GH¢37,500 to the Accident Unit of the Shai Osudoku District Hospital within the Higher Accra Area.
The objects, together with 50 branded mattresses and 30 cartons of washing cleaning soap are to assist the hospital of their operations.
Making the presentation on Tuesday at Dodowa, Mrs Gloria Laryea, the Trustee of SSO burdened the necessity to promote highway security within the nation to guard lives and properties.
She stated highway accidents affected the nation’s human useful resource and financial system, including that hospitals have been the primary level of name and wanted to be supplied with sources to assist victims throughout emergencies.
“The nation is saddled with highway accidents which claims valuable lives and properties, therefore the necessity to accomplice stakeholders within the transport sector such because the Nationwide Highway Security Fee, Ghana Highways and the Motor Site visitors and Transport Division of the Ghana Police Service,” she added.
Mrs Laryea assured the general public of SSO dedication to extend consciousness on guidelines and rules governing using roads to make sure sanity on the roads.
She urged the general public, particularly drivers to abide by the highway security rules to save lots of lives and properties.
Mrs Laryea counseled the administration and workers of hospital for his or her dedication in contributing to healthcare supply within the nation and warranted of their steady assist to assist them obtain their objectives.
The Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr Kennedy Tettey Coffie Brightson, who acquired the objects stated the hospital was located on accident-prone highway.
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“Typically victims of highway accidents are dropped at the hospital and we even turn out to be overwhelmed, with these mattresses and bins of cleaning soap it might add as much as what we already must assist us in reaching our mandate,” he added.
He expressed fear over the incidence the place skilled nurses and specialised well being staff have been leaving the nation for greener pastures, and known as on authorities to deal with the scenario.
Referring to one of many achievements of the hospital, Dr Brightson said that they recorded zero maternal demise inside a interval of 5 years, including that inside the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital noticed improve in deliveries of 96 per cent.
He counseled the administration of SSO for the type gesture and warranted that the objects could be used for the supposed goal.
Dr Brightson appealed to different organisation to emulate the SSO and donate to the hospital.
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