Employees and suppliers of Edikan Gold Mine at Ayanfuri in the Central Region have donated assorted items including Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to seven health centres in the Central and Western Regions.
The gesture formed part of efforts by the group to support the fight against the novel coronavirus.
The items included toilet rolls, boxes of hand gloves, hand sanitisers, nose masks, Veronica buckets and polytanks.
The beneficiary health centres are Dunkwa-on-Offin Government Hospital, Diaso Hospital, Wassa Akropong Hospital, Ayanfuri Pentecost Clinic.
The rest are Abenabena Health Centres and Fobinso Chips Compound.
The Sustainability Director of Perseus Mining Ghana, Edikan Gold Mine, Mr Edwin Allotey Aquaye said the company could not sit unconcerned for the virus to spread adding that the company which operated in five communities in the two regions had already made a lot of donations aside the COVID-19 educational programmes it carried out in various communities in the region.
The employees and the suppliers, he said therefore thought it wise to emulate the mother company by also offering their support towards the fight against the pandemic.
Nursing manager, Dunkwa Municipal Hospital, receiving her outfit’s share of the items expressed gratitude to the team for their thoughtfulness and promised to use the items for the purpose for which they were donated.
“I do not have the right words to express how thankful I am for your generosity. May God reward you for your kindness, these items will go a long way in helping solve some of our needs.”
The acting Director of Health, Upper Denkyira West District, Mr Seth Brako thanked the donors for the gesture.
He noted that the donations had come at an opportune time because government alone could not bear the responsibilities.
Mr Brako further appealed to other organisations and individuals to emulate the kind gesture.
He stressed the need for members of the public to always observe social distancing protocols “so that together we can fight COVID-19”.
BY TIMES REPORTER
