Accra, May 19, GNA – The Rebekah Foundation in partnership with Mandela Washington Fellows Association of Ghana (MWFAG) has donated 100 Personal Protective Nosemasks to inmates and staff of the Accra Psychiatric hospital in Accra.
The donation is to support Doctors, Nurses and other staff at the facility to effectively carry out their duties without fear of contracting COVID19.
In the wake of Covid-19, the Rebekah Awuah Foundation an organization committed to the promotion of good health and wellbeing, skills development and girl child education has lauded efforts of health practitioners on the globe particularly in Ghana.
They also believe that Frontline workers in mental homes face extra burden and an arduous task of managing inmates with mental disorders and at the same time containing Covid.
Founded by a 2017 Fellow, the foundation has been keen on mental health issues and continues to spearhead substance abuse projects partnered the Mandela Washington Fellows Association of Ghana.
Accra Psychiatric hospital is a major facility serving the teething population of Ghana’s capital Accra.
Mr Francis Ntow of the Public Relations division of the Accra Psychiatric hospital receiving the items committed to utilising the masks for the appropriate cause and for the needed impact.
GNA