Dagbon Forum supports Hospitals with relief items worth GH¢10,000.

Dagbon Forum, a Non-Governmental Organization(NGOs) based in the Northern Region has donated a list of relief items worth ten thousand(10,000) cedis to some Hospitals in the Northern Region.

These Hospitals include; Tamale Central Hospital, Tamale West Hospital, two municipal Hospitals, and nine district Hospitals, all in the Northern Region.

The items donated include 50 (100ltr) and 50 (80ltr) Veronica buckets, 50 gallons of liquid Soap, 100 (200ml) pieces of Hand Sanitizers, and 120 (medium) pieces of Tissue Rolls.

The Vice President of the Dagbon Forum, Alhaji Sintaru Maham, who presented some of the items to the Tamale Central Hospital explained that the donations was to complement government efforts to contain and prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.

“The donation is also a demonstration of the deep concern members of the forum felt about the good health of the people of Dagbon in this trying times" He said.

Alhaji Sintaru, appeals to the general public to adhere to the safety measures by washing their hands frequently, use face masks and hand sanitizers regularly and as well continue to observe the social distancing protocol, to prevent the spread of the virus.

The administrator of Tamale Central Hospital, Mr. Abdulai Fatawu, who received the items on behalf of the hospital, thanked Dagbon Forum for the gesture and pledge that, the items would be used for the purpose.

“I want to appeal to other philanthropists and organizations to emulate the good exams of Dagbon Forum and also follow suit to come and donate to the hospital to help fight the pandemic." He added.

He, however, lamented how badly the COVID-19 has affectee hospital attendance; “Before now, we used to see about three hundred and fifty(350) people a day but now, the numbers have reduced drastically, people are afraid and that when they come here, they would go back with COVID-19." He explained.