Navrongo Rotary Club donates GH₵500,000 worth of ICU equipment to War Memorial Hospital
The equipment includes an ICU ventilator, fully electric automated hospital beds with remote controls for five functions, a hospital syringe pump, a hospital biphasic defibrillator, a BG-800A blood gas analyzer, and BKE-parameter ICU hospital patient monitors.
The Navrongo Charter of the Rotary Club has donated Intensive Care Unit (ICU) equipment valued at GH₵500,000 to the War Memorial Hospital in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, aimed at boosting emergency healthcare services in the facility.
The donation was made during a presentation ceremony held at the hospital’s premises on Monday August 11. Speaking at the event, Charter President of the Rotary Club of Navrongo, Dr Dennis Chirawurah, recounted the origins of the initiative.
“Last year on August 10, we officially launched the Rotary Club of Navrongo Charter Project, referred to as the Intensive Care Unit Support Project, with an initial equipment cost estimated at about GH₵112,000. Today, the total cost of the equipment we are presenting to the hospital is about GH₵500,000.” He said.
The equipment includes an ICU ventilator, fully electric automated hospital beds with remote controls for five functions, a hospital syringe pump, a hospital biphasic defibrillator, a BG-800A blood gas analyzer, and BKE-parameter ICU hospital patient monitors.
Dr Chirawurah expressed appreciation to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) for funding the purchase of the equipment, and specially acknowledged the immediate past Director-General of the GPHA, Michael Luguje, for supporting the clearance and transportation of the items to Navrongo.
Receiving the donation, Medical Superintendent of the War Memorial Hospital, Dr. Abraham Titigah, expressed profound gratitude, noting that the gesture would significantly enhance the hospital’s capacity to handle critically ill patients.
“For me, this donation represents an improvement in the depth and scope of our care,” Dr. Titigah said. “Often, due to inadequate infrastructure, we are forced to refer critically ill patients to distant facilities. With these new equipment in place and a functioning ICU, we can offer deeper interventions and care for more patients right here in Navrongo.
The War Memorial Hospital serves as a key referral center for the Upper East Region, and stakeholders say the new ICU equipment will play a critical role in saving lives.
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