CEPS assists three health institutions(9/4/09)

THE Customs, Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) has presented three cheques totalling GH¢11,000 to three health institutions to help improve on their services.
They are the Cardiothoracic Centre at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, the 37 Military Hospital and the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital.
Presenting a cheque for GH¢5,000 to the Cardiothoracic Centre, the Deputy Commissioner in charge of Administration and Human Resource at CEPS, Mr Paul Adu Bofour, said the presentation was part of the service’s yearly commitment to the centre and also in line with its social responsibility to support quality healthcare delivery in the country
He said the money, which was made possible through some deductions from the salaries of all staff members and management, was a way of contributing to the development and maintenance of the hospital.
The Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Prof Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, who received the cheque, expressed his profound gratitude to CEPS for the support.
He noted that the centre would celebrate its 20th anniversary this year and as part of the event funds were being solicited from benevolent societies and individuals to establish a $14-million Paediatric Heart Centre to cater for children.
He said children constituted 45 per cent of all patients who went to the centre and that building a centre to take special care of them was in the right direction.
Prof Frimpong-Boateng appealed to individuals and organisations to help set up a playroom with toys and teaching and learning aids for the children at the centre.
Receiving a cheque for GH¢3,500, the Deputy Commander of the 37 Military Hospital, Group Captain Nii Laryea, was grateful to CEPS for its support.
He said the presentation would enhance and improve healthcare delivery at the hospital.
At the Pantang Hospital, Mr Bofour presented a cheque for GH¢2,500 to the hospital to help improve on the conditions of the inmates.
The acting specialist in charge at the Pantang Hospital, Dr Anna Puklo-Dzadey, expressed her gratitude to CEPS.
She assured the service that the money would be used for the intended purpose.
Dr Puklo-Dzadey took the opportunity to advise CEPS personnel to desist from taking alcohol, adding, “Check the health status and stress level of officers before they are employed.”
She said renovation works at the rehabilitation centre of the hospital had been completed and it would be opened soon.