• Most Rev Prof. Emmanuel K. Asante (right) presenting the GH¢25,000 Cancer Assistance Fund to Mr Kofi Adesi Kyei of the Radiotherapy section of the Oncology Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, who received the donation on behalf of the patients.

Cancer patients receive help from church

Daily Graphic Dec - 05 - 2014 , 02:39 2 minutes read

The Immanuel Methodist Society in Accra has presented GH¢25,000 to poor, needy cancer patients to pay for the treatment of their disease.

The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Kwaku Asante, presented the cheques for the money to the cancer patients at a ceremony in Accra as part of a thanksgiving service held by the Immanuel Society to climax activities to mark the 20th Anniversary of the establishment of the church.

Care for vulnerable

The Most Rev. Prof. Asante said it was the responsibility of every true Christian to care for the perishing and the vulnerable in the society and commended the Immanuel Methodist Society for being the first in the Methodist fold to set up a Cancer Assistance Fund.

The Most Rev. Prof. Asante, who is also the Chairman of the National Peace Council of Ghana, decried the negative attitude of Ghanaians toward the environment; the degradation of the forest and wildlife and the accumulation of filth, stressing that most Ghanaians were living as if there was no tomorrow, and indeed “enjoying the inheritance of our children”.

He said he considered the Immanuel Society as one with great vision and potential and urged members to not be complacent but to strive to become a special outfit in the vineyard of the Lord for the benefit of mankind, Ghana and Christendom.

Kindness

Receiving the cheques on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr Kofi Adesi Kyei of the Radiotherapy Section of the Oncology Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KATH) said the unit was touched by the kindness of members and leadership of the Immanuel Methodist Society as a number of cancer patients perished daily for lack of funds and that the GH¢25,000 would clear the bills of 18 poor cancer patients.

The Minister in Charge of the Immanuel Society, Very Rev. Kodwo Arko-Boham, urged the congregation to not allow anything to ‘separate them from the love of God and humanity’ but to continue with the kind hearts and unity of purpose that had propelled the society in the last 20 years into one of the most organised churches in the country today.