Boost for hospitals as GOIL donates 1,000 beds with mattresses to MoH

Deputy Health Minister, Ms Yeboah [holding mic] received the beds from GOIL ambassador Azuma Nelson [Third from Right] Looking on is MD for GOIL [2nd R][/caption]Ghana Oil Company Limited (GOIL) has handed over 1,000 beds to the Ministry of Health for onward distribution to hospitals across the country. The presentation of the beds, fitted with mattresses and estimated at the cost of GHC1.6 million, formed part of GOIL’s corporate social responsibility. The Greater Accra and Ashanti regions will get 150 beds each, while Upper East and Upper West Regions get 50 beds each. The other six regions will get 100 beds eachThe Group CEO and Managing Director of GOIL, Patrick Akpe Kwame Akorli, said as a good corporate entity, GOIL has been touched by the lack of equipment, particularly beds, at various hospitals. The donation, he noted, will go a long way to ease the difficult conditions at various hospitals across the country. He recalled GOIL’s contribution in the sectors of water and sanitation, education and health in the past, stating that the indigenous company will do more to assist deprived communities and individuals in critical need of assistance. Deputy Energy Minister, Owuraku Aidoo was grateful to GOIL for its numerous assistance in the area of health, education and water and sanitation. He expressed the hope that the beds would make a difference in the lives of patients and help in improved quality healthcare. For him, GOIL has demonstrated that beyond business and profits, it was socially responsible. Receiving the items Deputy Health Minister, Tina Mensah underscored the importance of beds to quality healthcare and thanked GOIL for the gesture. She was hopeful health facilities across the country will benefit tremendously from the beds. By 3news.com|Ghana]]>