The Director of Health Promotion at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Aboagye Dacosta; head of mission at the Diaspora African Forum, Dr Erieka Bennett and Gee Medical Supplies of South Africa have donated a modern high capacity flow respiratory humidifier oxygenator and assorted Personal Protective Equipment worth $25,000 to the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital.

Speaking at a ceremony to present the items, Dr Da Costa said the private donation from him and his partners is to show immense appreciation of his mom, Justicia Frimpong–Aboagye, who worked as a midwife at the Agogo hospital for over 43 years.

He said it is also to show gratitude to his senior brother, Dr William Arhin Thompson who retired on September 12, after serving for over 30 years as a Surgeon and Medical Director of the hospital.

According to him, he was born at the Hospital, schooled and lived in Agogo and Kumawu until he travelled to the United Kingdom for further studies.   

He further said he has many international and local networks, which he will leverage to help Agogo and Kumawu municipalities. 

"The donation is one of the gestures secured with my partners through my international and local networks to help save lives in the Agogo and Kumawu areas," Dr Dacosta noted.

He charged the doctors and nurses to use the equipment at the Intensive Care Unit to help reduce the Covid-19 deaths and save the lives of patients who will need oxygen in other critical respiratory illnesses.

He said severe and critically ill patients often have hypoxemia and dyspnea and proper respiratory support treatment is required.

"High-flow nasal oxygen therapy (HFNC), like the high capacity, flow respiratory humidifier oxygenator has greater advantages over conventional Oxygen therapy," he said.

Dr Kennedy Opoku, the Acting Medical Director, who received the items on behalf of the hospital, thanked Dr Dacosta Abaogye, Dr Erieka Bennett, Ambassador of Diaspora Africa Forum, Gee Medical Supplies of South Africa and Dr Ryan of AMI for the items donated and promised to used them to save lives.