It was all joy on the faces of the staff at the Mallam Atta Government Clinic when the Newtown branch of ASA Savings and Loans presented some essential equipment and sanitary items to the health facility.

The team led by the Newtown Area Manager of the company, Pope Neequaye, presented one high-speed computer set, one multi-purpose printer, an adult digital weighing scale, two sets of stethoscopes, two sets of gun thermometers, two digital blood pressure monitors, and three packs of large tissue to improve on sanitation at the facility.

Mr Neequaye added that the company has supported and will continue to support all the public health facilities in the Ayawaso municipalities.

“Last year, I led a team from ASA to donate medical supplies to Mamobi Hospital, and today we are here to do the same for this facility. We believe this gesture will go a long way to support healthcare delivery” he noted.

The Branch Manager for ASA at Newtown, Albee Avemegah, said "We have clients who are traders in this market, so assisting this facility will mean they are going to receive better healthcare when they visit this facility. This forms part of the company’s corporate social responsibility" he added.

The CSR/Sustainability Manager, Richard Nartey during the presentation said the company is playing its part to help the country achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, which is Good health and well-being, and thus urged corporate bodies to commit resources towards social investments.

“We, as a financial institution, are not only interested in profits but also in giving back to society” he stated.

The Head of Administration at the clinic, Rebecca Arkoh, thanked the company for the gesture. She indicated that the facility situated in the middle of the Mallam Atta market, receives a lot of patients, particularly traders.

“We have a labour unit under construction by a benevolent organization, and after completion, we will need assistance to stock it with the needed logistics and equipment. Our roof is leaking badly and we need support to get it fixed” she noted.

Nora Korkor Kitseh, Head of Nursing and Midwifery at the facility thanked the company on behalf of the staff and asked other benevolent organizations and individuals to emulate what ASA Savings and Loans had done and also give back to deprived public health institutions.