Promasidor Ghana (PGH) has supported the National Cardiothoracic Centre (NCTC) with GH¢489,900 to fund 10 patients needing life-saving surgery and donated essential medical equipment to the Kaneshie Polyclinic in Accra.

The medical equipment donated to Kaneshie Polyclinic, including 50 oxygen masks, two patient trolleys, two myomectomy instruments, two caesarean section instruments, a patient monitor, suction machine and tube, bulb syringe and diathermy pencils, is in line with Sustainable Development Goal 3 which reaches for Good Health and Well Being.

The equipment donation and support to the National Cardiothoracic Centre is a community support initiative under the Promasidor Community Impact Drive (PCID) to support sustainable projects that drive social change, improve the quality of lives and address pressing societal needs of vulnerable groups.

This forms part of its 25th anniversary commitment to assist Ghanaians.

Speaking on the gesture, the Managing Director of PGH, Festus Tettey said Promasidor has always been intentional about supporting the community where it is situated and bringing relief to people in dire need of surgeries but don’t have the funds.

“From our humble beginnings in 1999 in this same community, we have grown exponentially in product line and extensions.

"Charity, they say, begins at home and so we decided to mark our 25th anniversary by first equipping the health centre in our immediate surrounding with the needed medical supplies to make life and health care delivery more comfortable for all.”

The PGH MD added, “Last year, we donated GH¢335,700 for patients who needed life-saving heart surgery and this year we are here to offer financial support to 10 patients in line with our community support drive. That is the least we can do to support the good people who have supported our business for the past 25 years”.

Receiving the donation, the leadership of Kaneshie Polyclinic and the National Cardiothoracic Centre expressed appreciation to Promasidor Ghana for the big-hearted gesture.

The Director of NCTC, Dr Kow Entsua-Mensah said, “We at Cardio are highly appreciative of the support and partnership from Promasidor. Your support has restored lives and brought joy and hope to many patients and their families”.

“We made a distress call to PGH and we appreciate your timely response with this generous donation. We say a big thank you to the leadership of Promasidor” the Medical Director of Kaneshie Polyclinic, Dr Jacob Agyei-Larbi said.

Promasidor Ghana is a leading food manufacturing company providing quality food products to consumers.

PGH launched its first brand, Cowbell and has pioneered flavoured milk drinks including Cowbell Strawberry, Cowbell Mocha, Cowbell Chocomalt, Cowbell Coconut, Cowbell Banana and Cowbell Coffee.

The business introduced the Onga powder variant of food seasoning in 2003, followed by the Onga Shrimp tablet in 2011. Other product lines introduced by the business are the Miksi dairy product and Yumvita infant cereals in 2005 and 2010 respectively.