Benevolent club presents mini-bus to hospital

Atua (Eastern Region), 6th July 99 -

The Manya Krobo Philanthropic Club, a benevolent club of Krobo citizens resident in Tema, has presented a 12-seater bus worth 20 million cedis to the Atua Government Hospital.

The bus will be used in conveying hospital staff and other workers to and from the hospital.

Mr Christopher Teye Sackey, secretary of the club, said Krobo citizens resident at Tema were touched by the lack transport for both patients and staff particularly during periods of emergency.

He hoped the club's gesture would relieve both patients and staff of this problem and called on all Krobo citizens to help improve the living standards in the district.

The Acting District Chief Executive for Manya Krobo, Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, who received the bus for the hospital, commended the club for the initiative.

He said health care delivery is a shared responsibility for all Ghanaians, adding that with unity of purpose, Krobo citizens could do more to improve conditions in the district.

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