Winneba Rotary Club assists Trauma Hospital in treatment of COVID-19 cases
The Trauma and Specialist Hospital in Winneba has received assorted medical items from the Rotary Club of Winneba to help in the treatment of COVID-19 cases that would be referred to the facility.
The items worth GH₵8,000 included hand sanitizers, liquid soaps, goggles, nose masks, surgical and examination, gloves, surgical gowns, hair cups and surgical nose masks and they are intended to add on to the stock of the hospital which had been designated as a COVID-19 treatment centre in the central region.
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Handing over the items, the President of the club, Mr Ephrem Kwaa Aidoo, noted that the gesture was in line with the six point focus of the club to support the growth and development of the society.
He mentioned that although the club had not planned for the gesture, they realized that the COVID-19 pandemic demanded emergency response, hence their decision to mobilize the items to assist the facility.
He mentioned that since the health facility is a treatment centre, they ought to be resourced with the needed medical items to enable the frontline workers to attend to cases that would be brought to the facility.
“It is important that Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) are readily available to enable health workers to properly take care of COVID-19 patients on admission and to protect themselves as well” he indicated.
He indicated that although the mother club had presented PPEs to the four teaching hospitals in the country, they also thought it wise to decentralize the support so as to assist other health facilities within their catchment area.
He assured the authorities of the club’s continuous assistance towards the delivery of quality health care to patients who visited the facility to seek medical care.
Gratitude
The Medical Director of the hospital, Dr George Kwame Prah, who received the items on behalf of the facility, lauded the club for the timely assistance in the wake of the global pandemic.
He stated that the items received would augment what they already had in stock to respond to COVID-19 cases at the facility.
Hospital managing a case
The hospital according to a release dated April 14, 2020 and signed by the administrator, Mr Umar Nurudeen, is currently having in its custody, a 43 year old Ghanaian and resident of Kasoa who went through mandatory test and was confirmed positive.
He was subsequently put on self-isolation but having flouted the conditions of self-isolation, he was brought to the hospital by the National Ambulance Service on April 13, 2020 upon instructions of the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
He is currently being managed at the hospital’s isolation centre.
