Robert Kuzoe (left), Senior Manager of the MTN Ghana Foundation, presenting one of the items to Mary Amponsah Kwatiah, the Head of Administration of the hospital in Koforidua

MTN Foundation supports Eastern Regional Hospital with equipment

Haruna Yussif Wunpini Oct - 31 - 2024 , 09:57 2 minutes read

The MTN Ghana Foundation last weekend donated 12 pieces of digital equipment to the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua.

The equipment, which comprises 10 laptops and two giant interactive boards, is intended to enhance physicians' training, teaching, and learning and improve patients’ healthcare delivery outcomes.

Making the presentation at the hospital’s premises, the Senior Manager of the MTN Foundation, Robert Kuzoe, said the gesture was part of the company's contribution to society to improve healthcare services at health facilities in the region.

Modern equipment

He explained that since the hospital had been elevated, its physicians needed modern equipment for teaching, training and learning to facilitate and improve their services to patients.

Mr Kuzoe further stated that the equipment would aid the physicians to also specialise in their respective fields without travelling long distances such as to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi and others to meet their supervisors.

"MTN believes that everybody deserves the benefit of a modern connected life and that is why we have given out such digital equipment as our contribution to the improvement of society to ensure quality health care for patients as well as educational institutions.

"We started doing this last year, covering institutions such as the University of Ghana Medical Centre, Keta Municipal Hospital, Tema General Hospital, Mamfe Girls Senior High School and others and the foundation will continue to do more for other institutions soon," Mr Kuzoe stated.

Right time

The Head of Administration of the hospital, Mary Amponsah Kwatiah, who received the equipment on behalf of the facility, said the donation had come at the right time because it would go a long way to improve quality healthcare delivery.

"Doctors and nurses here use computers in the discharge of their duties and for MTN Ghana Foundation to give us 10 computers at a go with other equipment is a good gesture," She stated.

Writer's email: haruna.wunpini@graphic.com.gh