TZU Chi Charity Foundation Donates PPE to Catholic Health Facilities in the Catholic Diocese of Ho.
The Bishop of Ho, Most Rev. Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, SVD, today Tuesday, 21st July 2020 handed over some Personal Protective Equipment to the health facilities of his diocese. These PPE were donations from Tzu Chi Charity foundation, a Buddhist Christian charity foundation in India. The items include; disposable medical facemasks, disposable isolation clothings, and hand gloves. These gifts, as stated by the bishop, were through the kind courtesy of His Eminence, Peter Cardinal Appiah Turkson the former president of the Pontifical Council of Peace and Justice to assist the Catholic churches in Ghana.
The personal Protective Equipment were channelled through the Ghana National Catholic Health Service, in particular, the COVID 19 Emergency Unit. The bishop of Ho, being a beneficiary too, expressed his profound gratitude to the Cardinal and the donors. He added that the gifts would be seen as an encouragement to all most especially the frontline workers. He also said that the presentation of these PPE is to assure the health workers that they care for them in this time of COVID 19 as they continue to work day and night to serve humanity. He expressed his satisfaction about the good works the Health Workers are doing. He urged the representatives of the various facilities to communicate this message of gratitude to their coworkers. The Health Director of Catholic Health Facilities of Ho Diocese, Mr. Emmanuel Hanson Torde added his voice further thanking the donors for such a kind gesture. He said the PPE will be used to serve the purpose for which they were donated.
The facilities include; St Georges Clinic, Liati, Catholic Hospital, Anfoega, St Francis Clinic, Saviefe, Margarette Marquart Hospital Kpando, and Mater Ecclesia Hospital Sokode Gbogame.
DEPSOCOM, Ho
July, 2020
