GROUP DONATES TO ANKAFUL PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (PAGE 21)

THE Care Generation Africa Foundation, a social group, has presented items worth GH¢800 to the inmates of the female and male wards of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital near Cape Coast.
The items comprised used clothing, detergents, footwear, provisions and soap.
The Chairman of the association, Mr T.E. Andoh, made the presentation after visiting the Foster ward for males and the Nightingale ward for females.
He said the gesture was the society’s contribution towards maintaining people admitted at the psychiatric hospital.
Mr Andoh said the society would adopt one of the wards at the hospital and provide assistance to the inmates on admission.
He commended the staff of the hospital for their dedication and zeal in the face of the challenges involved in handling psychiatric patients.
It came out during the visit that apart from budgetary and staff constraints, the hospital also lacks the needed tools to handle the patients on admission.
He called for more support from both the government, philanthropists, government agencies and non-governmental organisations to help provide the needs of the hospital.
The Patron of the Care Generation Africa Foundation, Mr John Obeng, promised to provide an instrument for checking the pressure of patients in the wards.
The Principal Nursing Officer at the hospital, Mr Ebenezer Abaka-Sey, who received the items, commended Care Generation Africa Foundation for its concern.
He expressed the hope that other agencies would emulate their example to alleviate the plight of the inmates.