In a bid to enable the Lordina Foundation to continue to support more
deprived health facilities
across the country, two Japanese
companies have donated assorted medical supplies and
equipment to the foundation.
Being driven by the fact that no
life must be lost due to lack of necessary medical supplies and
equipment the Lordina foundation has
provided health facilities with some basic equipment and
supplies needed to ensure quality
healthcare delivery. Through its partners, MedShare USA, the
foundation has provided many
districts in all ten regions of Ghana with medical supplies and
equipment.
The two Japanese companies, the
Terumo Company and Tokushukai Medical Group presented
the items to the Foundation at a
ceremony in Accra.
Whiles Terumo donated 900 pieces of
digital blood pressure monitors, 900 pieces of electronic
axillary thermometers, 1,050 pieces
of blood bags and a Mirasol Patogen Technology System,
Tokushukai on the other hand,
presented 100,000 pieces of disposable surgical masks to the
foundation.
The Lordina Foundation would deliver
the Mirasol Patogen Technology System to the Komfo
Anokye and Korle Bu Teaching
hospitals in Kumasi and Accra respectively.
The donation by Terumo Group to the
Lordina Foundation was in fulfillment of a promise made
by the company to the First Lady,
Mrs. Lordina Mahama, when she visited the Terumo Pranex
Medical Centre during a recent visit
to Japan with President John Dramani Mahama.
The General Manager of Terumo, Mr
Hideki Ito, who presented a sample of the items to the First
Lady, said the company had followed
with kin interest the philanthropic work of the Lordina
Foundation in view of which it had
presented medical supplies and equipment to some hospitals
in all the 10 regions of the
country.
The First Lady said during her visit
to the medical centre, she saw lots of new advancements in
technologies and equipment,
especially technologies for blood treatment and transfusion.
She thanked the companies for the support
and said it would help the two major hospitals to
deliver quality health care to their
patients.
For his part, the Minister of
Health, Mr Alex Segbefia, said Ghana had made significant progress
in improving blood safety,
especially in the prevention of new infections and diseases.
He said the country had also made
remarkable progress in improving the safety and competence
of national blood supplies by
promoting a substantial increase in the number of safe, voluntary,
unpaid donors who provided blood
regularly.
Mr Segbefia said Ghana, like most
other African countries, faced challenges and shortage of
medical supplies and equipment,
adding that the donation had come at a good time.
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