Surgical theatre for Children’s Hospital

Page 31: Daily Graphic, March 24, 2009.
Story: Albert K. Salia
ALL is set for the construction of a GH¢350,000 three-storey surgical theatre and intensive care unit for the Princess Louis Marie Childrens’ Hospital in Accra.
When completed, the hospital will be a one-stop hospital for children’s medical needs. Currently such surgical needs are handled by the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Designs of the building are currently awaiting approval from the City Engineers and the Town & Country Planning Department for the work to commence on the project.
The Chairman of the hospital’s board, Rev Fr Andrew Campbell, announced this when Council 71 and Court 63 of the Knights and Ladies of Marshall, Dansoman, presented various items worth GH¢2,500 and a cheque for GH¢200 to the hospital.
Rev Fr Campbell said although the hospital was set up to take care of malnourished children, it had grown to provide medical services such as Ear Nose and Throat (ENT), and dental care.
He, therefore, appealed to institutions and philanthropists for financial support to enable the hospital to provide excellent services to its clients.
He said the hospital was adjudged the best in the Greater Accra Region last year, and indicated that its objective was to be the best in the country.
The Grand Knight of Council 71, Mr Mark Anthony Taylor, said the Marshallan fraternity, a friendly Catholic society, sought to uplift and ameliorate the living conditions of the needy in society.
“We are faithful friends of the poor, distressed and the needy in society. For us, the essence of charity is love and the practical application of love is charity,” he said.
Mr Taylor said it was in that spirit that the Dansoman branch of the Marshallan fraternity decided to use the Lenten period prior to Easter to make a difference in the lives of sick children, and recalled that the society in February this year presented various items to the maternity ward of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.