Goldfields Ghana has donated two ambulances to the Tarkwa Municipal and the Apinto Government hospitals at a cost of Two Hundred and Forty Eight Thousand dollars.
This forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibilities towards healthcare in the Prestea Huni and Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipalities where the company operates.
At an event to hand over the ambulances, the General Manager for Goldfields, Tarkwa Mine, Mr Stephen Osei-Bempah said, during the sod-cutting ceremony of the reconstruction of the Tarkwa and Abosso (TNA) Park into an international standard stadium on 19 February 2019, the MP, Hon. George Mireku Duker made an appeal to Gold Fields to assist the Municipal Health Directorate with an ambulance to aid healthcare delivery.
Mr Alfred Baku, the Executive Vice President and Head of Gold Fields West Africa led a delegation said it was part of a pledge the foundation had made to the people in the past.
He stated that “In 2019, our Damang mine through the Foundation refurbished the Huni-Valley Health Centre at a cost of over one hundred and forty thousand US Dollars (US$140,000)”.
Mr Osei-Bempa explained that “this has increased the capacity of the health centre, and I am delighted to learn that the OPD now caters for more patients, an average of 35 a day. This is a significant improvement from the daily average of 15 patients recorded prior to the upgrade of the facility”.
The member of parliament for Tarkwa Nsuaem Constituency, Hon George Mireku Duker commended Goldfields Ghana for their continuous support towards the development of the Municipality. He said the donation of the ambulances is as a result of a proposal he made to the company sometime ago to ensure smooth healthcare delivery in the Municipality.
While thanking Goldfields for not turning down any proposal he makes to the company for development, Hon Duker called on other companies in the Municipality to emulate what Goldfields is doing for their catchment communities.
Receiving the ambulances on behalf of the hospitals, the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipal Health Director, Mrs Caroline Otoo expressed her appreciation to Goldfields Ghana for their contribution towards healthcare in the Municipal.
