Unique Trust assists 37 Military Hospital Ward

Accra, July 12, GNA - Unique Trust Financial Services, with the assistance of Kingdom Books and Stationery Limited have renovated and refurbished the Emergency Trauma and Surgical Department of the 37 Military Hospital in Accra at a cost of 650 million cedis. The renovation works, which began in May this year, covered a period of six weeks and included painting and redecoration of the premises; changing of door locks; plumbing works in the washrooms and tiling resting areas for doctors.

Other works included the construction of pavements and drainage; provision of new curtains; drapery; furniture, and office equipment for the department.

Speaking at a ceremony in Accra to hand over the newly-renovated department, Mr Prince Kofi Amoabeng, Chief Executive Officer of Unique Trust Financial Services said the company spent more than 550 million cedis on the facility to equip the hospital in handling emergencies while Kingdom Books provided the rest.

He said it was a way of rewarding the hospital's meritorious service to society, adding that the company had agreed to adopt the Department for the next two years and would provide funds for preventive maintenance and intermittent assistance.

Mr Amoabeng said it had become necessary for corporate organisations to look beyond their tax obligations to the state and contribute substantially to addressing the immediate needs of society. Lieutenant General Joseph Boakye Danquah, Chief of Defence Staff said the renovation and refurbishment of the Department was a giant leap in the process of reviving the facility as a National Emergency and Trauma Centre.

He commended the two companies for their generosity, open-handedness and thoughtfulness, saying that they had created "a very enabling environment to save lives."

He said the Armed Forces High Command would not relent in efforts to seek additional sponsorship for the maintenance of facilities at the hospital and announced that a new incinerator would soon be constructed for the hospital at a cost of 350 million cedis

Lt Gen. Boakye Danquah charged personnel of the emergency department to show professional dedication to patients who were often rushed to the department in unconscious state.

"Any contrary attitude displayed here may cause several preventable and untimely deaths to the discredit of the entire medical staff and the hierarchy of the Armed Forces."

He called on philanthropists and other public-spirited organisations to help resource the Hospital to respond adequately to emergencies and national healthcare delivery.

He said the hospital was executing other projects aimed at giving the Military health institution a new image and identity to enable it to offer effective and efficient health delivery.