Kokrokoo Charities installs the 31st Incubator in the 37th Military Hospital

General News on Friday, May 31, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-05-31

The Kokrokoo Charities Foundation, in collaboration with the group formed in 1982 at Garrison Elementary School (Camp Burma), set up a $ 10,000 incubator at the 37 Military Hospital to help save the lives of premature babies.

The donation and installation of the incubator comes under the "Project 100" initiative, a social intervention implemented by the Kokrokoo Charities Foundation for premature and premature babies and their families.

Mr. Francis Ayisi, president of the garrison primary group of 1982, stated that most of the former students were born at 37 Military Hospital and had also stayed in the Burmese camp with their soldier parents, which forced them to support Project 100. initiative, to donate specifically to 37 Military Hospital.

Ellen Lokko, a member of the group, urged all those who are well-placed to help hospitals in need, the only government that can not.

Ms. Albeta Gyepi-Garbrah, Deputy Director of Nursing at the 37-year-old Military Hospital, said that the incubator had arrived at a prime time, which typically characterized many births, particularly when Holidays like Christmas marked the seven months or so.

"From that time until September, October and November, we expect many births, including prematurity according to the birth calendar," she said.

"In the coming months, we expect a lot of children born and premature. So this incubator comes at a very appropriate time.

She added that the incubator would represent the few resources available to the hospital and would also help to increase the survival rate of premature babies delivered or admitted to the neonatal unit.

Mr. Kwame Safa Kayi, president of the Kokrokoo Charities Foundation and Peace FM radio host, said in collaboration with well-intentioned companies and individuals, domestic and foreign, "Project 100 aims to buy and donate 100 incubators. for babies at hospitals the country by the end of 2019.

"We have already installed and delivered 31 baby incubators to 20 hospitals in 10 regions."

He said the next project beneficiary hospitals would be KNUST and Agogo hospitals in the Ashanti region.

Mr. Sefa Kayi said that through the project he hoped to "give hope to mothers and keep children alive, while generating considerable empathy and funds from the general public and the business community in favor of of neonatal health.

He has been invited by Ghanaians to his home and abroad to contribute to the establishment of a more engaged and caring attitude towards the health of newborns.

The project was launched in 2014 with the goal of raising funds for the purchase of a total of 100 incubators for health facilities across the country.

Mr. Dennis Adu-Twum, Program Director of the Kokrokoo Charities Foundation, said the initiative aimed to "combat the high rate of infant mortality

He thanked the organizations and individuals who generously donated "their time, money and other resources" for the project, adding that over the next five months, "we hope to have achieved 50% of our goal, increasing and the number of beneficiaries Project 100 – Hospitals with neonatal intensive care units across Ghana aim to significantly reduce the number of premature deaths

According to UNICEF statistics, about 140,000 children are born prematurely in Ghana each year and more than 8,000 of them die before 30 days.