Addressing the gathering at the donation which took part at his plush Rock City Hotel in Abetifi, Mr. Bryan, who is also Deputy Minister for Interior said, this is to help combat the deadly disease, Coronavirus which is taking a tore on the world, and all hands are needed on the deck.
Mr. Acheampong underscored that “giving to those in need is not charity, but humanity”.
Items worth GHC481,000.00 were donated to the seven Constituencies and a cash of GHC20,000 to each of the seven beneficiary district hospitals.
The seven constituencies that benefited from this gesture to help them in the fight of the COVID-19 were Abetifi, Suhum and Mpreaso. The rest are Afram Plains North and South, Abirem and Nkwakaw all in the Eastern Region. Each of these constituency mention above received 15,000 bottles of hand sanitizers.
Hospitals in the region which also received cash of GHc20,000 each for the purchase of the Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) were New Abirem Government Hospital, Atibie Government Hospital, Afram Plains South District Clinics, Donkorkrom Presbyterian Hospital, Kwahu East District Clinic and Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital
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“This is my support to help the constituencies, hospitals and the clinics in the fight against the pandemic which the government is doing all it can to stop the spread and contain it. And let me also use this opportunity to urge the people in the region, and Ghana at large to observe directives put in place by the President, and measure by our health experts”, he urged.
The Abetifi lawmaker has also set up GHc200,000.00 Regional Contingency Fund to support other hospitals and health centres in the region.
The beneficiary constituency representatives and officials from the health facilities thanked the MP for coming to their aid with such a wonderful donations.
Ghana, as on Tuesday 14th April, has recorded 636 Coronavirus cases, with Greater Accra recording highest cases followed by Greater Kumasi.
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