Kennedy Noonoo, presenting the equipment to KATH management
The Management of Springfield Group, a cluster of Ghanaian energy companies has donated two refurbished Dialysis machines to the Renal Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in response to a publication about the harrowing stories of patients who struggle daily to access treatment for kidney-related health services.
The $20,000 donation is the first part of the equipment that Springfield has pledged to donate in support of healthcare within the Kumasi Metropolitan Area and the Ashanti region as a whole.
The Teaching hospital is currently running on very thin equipment capacity to deal with the number of dialysis patients from within and outside the region.
Presenting the equipment, Kennedy Noonoo, Corporate Affairs Manager of Springfield noted the dire need for essential equipment in the major hospitals of the country and called for collaborative efforts to meet the present challenges.
“On our part, we are ready to help you to improve the renal services in KATH by assisting with the maintenance and repair of dialysis machines as well as supply of the requisite consumables.”
Noonoo added that the company intended to add three more machines in addition to other equipment that would greatly improve healthcare delivery in the hospital, especially regarding maternal healthcare and other critical needs.
Receiving the items, Dr Yaw Opare Larbi, Deputy Medical Director of KATH thanked Springfield for the gesture and urged other public-spirited individuals and corporate organizations to extend similar assistance to the hospital to help in the delivery of renal care to the public.
Ing. George Boadu, Director of General Services of the hospital thanked the company for its assistance to the unit and the hospital and promised that care would be taken to maintain the machines to ensure that as many renal patients benefited from its use as possible.
