Coronavirus: Freddie Blay donates to Eikwe Saint Martins de Pores Hospital

Correspondence from Western Region

The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay has supported Saint Martins de Pores Hospital at Eikwe in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region with some Infections Prevention and Control (IPC).

The items included; disposable gloves, nose masks, alcoholic-based hand sanitizers, liquid soaps, tissue papers, Veronica buckets among others.

The aforementioned items are to be used by the management of the Hospital to fight against the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.

Eikwe Saint Martins de Pores Hospital is the biggest hospital in the Ellembelle District which also has an Isolation Center to isolate patients with Coronavirus.

Making the presentation to the management of the facility on his behalf, the Personal Assistant of the NPP's National Chairman, Mr. Abeka Dauda Anvegyene hailed the management and staff of the area for their commitment and dedication towards the combat against Coronavirus pandemic.

He, therefore, reiterated Freddie Blay's readiness to assist the hospital to cater for its patients, management and staff towards the total prevention and management of all infectious diseases that might be recorded at the facility.

He charged the management and staff of the hospital to continue to offer education on the Coronavirus to patients that visit their facility.

This gesture is in tune with His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s efforts at containing and preventing the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic in Ghana and to a large extent, globally.

The Saint Martins de Pores Hospital being the only hospital in the area requires all to contribute their widows mite towards infection prevention of the spread of COVID-19 from patients to staff and vice versa.

Receiving the items, the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Paul Cooper thanked Freddie Blay for the kind gesture offered the hospital.

He, therefore took the opportunity to pledge to utilize the items to the benefit of the staff, patients and the general public who visit the hospital for healthcare delivery.

Freddie Blay who is an native of the area, in late 2019 donated an ultra-modern Ambulance to the hospital during their 60th anniversary.

Ghana has so far recorded 313 confirmed cases with 6 deaths.