From left Dr Gloria Quansah, Deputy DG of GHS with Dr. Koku Awoonor-Williams,CEO of PRCGA presenting the device to Dr. Kofi Effah[/caption] Phoenix Resource Centre Global Aid Ghana (PRCGA), a Ghanaian-based non-governmental charitable organization has presented a medical equipment worth $1,500 to the Battor Catholic Hospital. The Enhanced Visual Assessment (EVA) system, a mobile colposcope for cervical screening, was presented to the cervical cancer prevention and training centre of the facility. It was received on behalf of the hospital by Dr. Kofi Effah, an Obstetrician Gynaecologist there. According to Dr. Koku Awoonor-Williams, CEO of PRCGA, he was moved to donate because the “Battor Hospital has a very specific need basically because of the important work that Dr Kofi Effah is doing coupled with the NGOs goal which seeks to mobilize and help take resources (medical supplies) to places that are in need of them for promotion of health development. “The support and partnership of Phoenix Resource is aimed at placing Ghana’s public health facilities in the spotlight to address some of the gaps and needs of health facilities as well as attract positive attention and development”, Dr Awoonor stressed. He pointed out that his NGO is elated to be associated with the hospital, specifically with Dr Effah and his work in the area of Gynecological Oncology, pledging his continuous support towards the hospital at all times. He was assisted by the Deputy Director General of the Ghana Health Services (GHS), Dr. Gloria Quansah Asare during the presentation. Dr. Koku Awoonor-Williams also assured of his support, including partners abroad, towards the proposed outpatient department (OPD) building project of the hospital. Dr Kofi Effah thanked the CEO of PRCGA for the gesture and pledged it will be used judiciously for the intended purpose. The experienced Obstetrician Gynaecologist said the device has been a primary need of the hospital. “Since it’s portable, it will bring cervical cancer screening and follow-up services to the doorstep of women because our nurses can carry it across the river to the CHPS compounds, to the communities where they can follow-up women close to their homes.”
