Accra, April 27, GNA – The West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth GH¢252,000.00 to the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to provide protection for frontline health workers.
The items donated included; 50 boxes of surgical face masks, 2000 pieces of N95 face masks, 100 boxes of examination gloves, 1000 pieces of disposal protective gowns, 500 coveralls, 500 tissue towels, and 500 hand sanitizer (liters).
Mr Gregory Germani, the Managing Director of WAPCo, said the donation made on behalf of WAPCo board of directors, Management as well as the entire work force formed part of the company’s corporate social responsibility to the communities they operated in to protect them in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We hope that it would benefit all especially the frontline health workers in fighting the virus,” he said.
Mr Germani noted that just as Ghana had received the items, other countries they operated in such as Nigeria, Togo and Benin were also receiving their donation to aid them in fighting the disease.
Dr Patrick Adjei, Head, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, on behalf of the Hospital expressed appreciation to the company for the gesture to aid in the treatment of patients in the facility.
He said the donation came at an opportune time as the facility needed the items to effectively attend to patients.
He pledged that the items would be used in fulfilment of their work and ensure that all patients who needed care got it.
GNA