By George Ernest Asare, Agogo
The Area Superintendent of the Asante Akim North and South branch of the Apostolic Church- Ghana, Pastor Kwabina Tagba, is collaborating with the youth of the church to form a club that will donate blood regularly to the Agogo Presbyterian hospital in particular and other hospitals in the area to enhance quality health care delivery.
The initiative of the church is to encourage other churches within the district and others in the country to donate blood as regularly as possible to hospitals in order to enhance the treatment of emergency cases to save precious lives.
Pastor Tagba gave the hint when about 150 members of the church donated blood to the hospital as part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the church.
The church also donated quantities of curtains estimated at GH¢2,500 to the maternity and children’s wards of the hospital
“We want to donate blood at least twice a year to enhance adequate stock. This will enhance quality health care delivery and reduce mortalities as a result of inadequate blood to treat emergency cases, ” he explained.
Pastor Tagba who was the first to donate blood after going through screening said their gesture, which was the first of its kind, would be sustained.
He commended members of the church for their positive response to the request for blood to the hospital and appealed to them to make it a regular affair
Earlier, a nurse administrator of the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Mrs Mary Tenkorang made a passionate appeal to the public, especially the youth to cultivate the habit of donating blood regularly to the hospital to enhance emergency treatment of cases.
She pointed out that inadequate blood donation to the hospital undermined quality health care delivery, and therefore pleaded with the youth to develop the spirit of donating blood to save patients who need emergency treatment.
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