By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri
MEMBERS OF a Chinese medical team undertaking a clinical exchange programme at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) have donated some medical equipment to the hospital.
The items worth $134,166 include a testing machine, monitors, spina and general surgery instrument, foreign body forceps, nephroscope, syringe, infusion and medical injection pumps and a pneumatic stock type.
Professor Wei Jian Rui, a cardiologist and the team’s leader, said the donation was meant to meet the medical requirements for treatment of patients at the hospital.
He added that through their work at the hospital, the team identified the lack of certain instruments hence the donation by the Chinese government.
He therefore urged the KBTH Neurological Department to transfer and install the equipments as quickly as possible saying “I know there are people waiting for their cases to be treated.”
Chinese Counselor to Ghana, Gao Wenzhi, who presented the items on behalf of the team, noted that without good health, people will not be strong and contribute to the prosperity of the nation.
He also observed that at the recent Beijing Summit, the Chinese government as part of its support, dispatched groups of medical teams to Africa and that Ghana is one of the beneficiary countries.
“The team consists of medical experts of high medical qualifications who have worked together with other doctors in Korle-Bu for a year and a half.”
He therefore hoped that the instruments will strengthen the medical capabilities of the hospital as health care improves.
“I hope that KBTH will play bigger roles in medical services for patients not only in Ghana but also in West Africa,” he added.
The Board Chairman of KBTH, Professor Seth Aryeetey, on behalf of the government, thanked the team for their donation.
He said Ghana’s relationship with China had grown into a fruitful one elaborating that the benefits to be derived from the donation was worth more than the money spent on it.
“It is going to translate into helping the men, women and children who will be treated so that they can become strong and productive citizens of Ghana,” he noted.
The Chief Executive Officer of KBTH, Professor Nii Otu Nartey who was touched by the presentation, expressed his gratitude to the Chinese government for the donation.
He said, “They have took notice of our plight and challenges and have brought these things. This is going to improve significantly on the kind of work we do here.”
He charged others to emulate the example of the Chinese medical team adding, “If other groups follow, then we can significantly solve the problems of KBTH.”
Professor Wei Jian Rui (first right) and Gao Wenzhi (second right) presenting the equipment to Professors Seth Aryeetey (second left) and Nii Otu Nartey (first left).
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