Rotary Club of Accra-Labone renovates ward

THE Rotary Club of Accra-Labone has handed over the newly refurbished Children’s Ward of the Nsawam Government Hospital to officials in charge of the facility.
The rehabilitation of the ward costs the club about GH¢4,800.
Speaking at the hand-over ceremony, Mrs Nana Yaa Sereboe, the President of the club, said the club committed itself to improving facilities at the ward, when members first visited the hospital in 2006 to present some items to the in-patients.
She said they realised that the ward was in a poor state and the conditions were not good for the babies, hence their resolve to adopt it and maintain it.
Mrs Sereboe promised that the club, which was a voluntary organisation, was prepared to partner the hospital to address some of their numerous problems, in line with their dedicated and voluntary services .
The Administrator of the Hospital, Mr Julius B. Kuusaalesuo, lauded the initiative, which he said was in the right direction in achieving one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aimed at reducing maternal and child mortality by 2015.
He, therefore, expressed hope that the rehabilitation of the ward would help them address some of their challenges.
Mr Kuusaalesuo disclosed that even the only incubator at the hospital was not working, as a result, they always referred cases to the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.