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General news for Saturday, August 29, 2020
Source: GNA
2020-08-29
Mrs. Stephanie S. Sullivan, United States Ambassador to Ghana and Military Officer
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Ms Stephanie S. Sullivan, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, donated critical medical supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Ghana Health Service on Friday.
The articles are to assist frontline healthcare workers in Kumasi and Sekondi in the fight against Coronavirus.
The ambassador delivered the supplies to Lieutenant General Obed Boamah Akwa at the Burma camp in Accra.
The supplies would be transported by the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), which would be joined by representatives from the Embassy to deliver them on September 1 to the Kumasi South Hospital in the Ashanti Region and the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region.
The United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM) provided the funds to purchase the supplies locally.
Items, valued at more than GHC430,000, include 10,000 N95 masks, 1,600 hospital gowns, 2,000 liters of methylated alcohol, 3,000 liters of sodium hypochlorite, 20 glucometers, 200 glucometer strips, and 14 pulse oximeters.
The donation of medical supplies and cooperative delivery between USAFRICOM and GAF are testimonies of the advanced partnership between the United States and Ghana.
Madam Sullivan said: “The United States is leading the world in providing critical international assistance as, together, we fight this global pandemic.
And GAF continues to play a leadership role, alongside the Ministry of Health, in responding to the pandemic here in Ghana. “
“The US Embassy and AFRICOM are proud to partner with GAF in this and many other efforts.”
She said the medical supplies would support frontline civilian health workers, who were fighting the COVID-19 pandemic with courage and selfless service.
Doctors, nurses, hospital staff and other healthcare workers are risking their lives every day to keep everyone safe, and these supplies would provide them with the equipment they need to stay healthy.
USAFRICOM in the past supported the 37th Military Hospital with state-of-the-art level II field hospitals in February 2020.
Since then GAF has deployed one of the hospitals in Accra, and it is now the second largest COVID-19 treatment center in Ghana.
For his part, Lieutenant General Akwa thanked the United States government for the kind gesture towards the fight against COVID-19.
He said the United States made similar donations to the 37th Military Hospital, including two-tiered field hospitals, one of which was deployed to El Wak Stadium in Accra to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is in times of crisis that you know who your true friends are and the United States has proven to be a true value of Ghana, and in particular GAF; during this crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic,” he said.
“The bond of friendship between our two countries and, in particular, the two armed forces has been growing more and more and this will continue as we move into the future.”
He said that since the partial loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, the US government had provided opportunities for GAF staff to study in the US, for which Ghana was very grateful.
He assured the Ambassador that GAF would deliver the supplies to the intended destinations on time and in perfect condition.
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