THE Rotary Club of Tamale has presented a large quantity of medical equipment and consumables to the Tamale Teaching Hospital to help improve health delivery in the region.
The items which were contained in two 40-footer containers included X-Ray machines, Electrocardiogram machine, Keratometer for the eye clinic and scanners.
The rest were beds, wheel chairs, scanners, incubators, microscopes, dental chairs and accessories, wheel chairs and trolleys. The items were all valued at GH¢1 million.
It was acquired through the collaborative efforts of sister Rotary clubs in the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada.
The President of the Tamale Rotary club, Mr Joseph Mumuni who handed over the items to th Deputy Northern Regional Minister, Mr Moses Mabengba at the hospital over the weekend, said the club was on track in its development agenda for the region.
According to him, the club’s contribution to the development of the area was evident in the investment made in the provision of potable water through the digging of wells and other social amenities for deprived people in some of the districts.
“The beneficiaries include districts in the three northern regions including some parts of the Brong Ahafo Region and the provision of water has particularly contributed immensely to eradicating the debilitating guinea worm disease,” he indicated.
Mr Mumuni also spoke of the role of Rotary Club International towards the global Polio Immunisation programme and other equally important initiatives they had undertaken.
The deputy regional minister commended the members of the club in Tamale and their international benefactors for their immense contribution to humanity.
The Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr Ken Sagoe, described the donation as one of the biggest presentations ever made to the hospital.
He expressed appreciation to their benefactors and pledged to put the items to judicious use to benefit the patients.
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