ECOBANK donates patient monitors to Ridge Hospital

Published in the Daily Graphic on 13/04/2010, pg 24 (Spread, middle pg)

ECOBANK, a Pan African Bank in the country, yesterday donated two patient monitors worth GH¢50,500 to the Ridge Hospital in Accra.
The equipment would be used to detect complications during operations and also help in the training of doctors and nurses at the hospital.
The donation was part of the activities marking the 20th anniversary celebrations of the bank in Ghana.
Presenting the equipment to the hospital, the Head of the Legal Department of Ecobank, Ghana, Mr Morghan Asiedu, said the company chose the hospital because it started its operations from Ridge.
He stated that the company believed in supporting the country to develop.
“We believe in doing all we can to make society a better place for all. We wouldn’t have come this far if society had not supported us”, he said.
He noted that the company adopted the children's ward of the hospital 10 years ago, and often donated items.
"This is part of our social responsibility. We believe in giving what belongs to society back to it, " he stated, and added that issues concerning children are very dear to the heart of the company.
He indicated that the company within its 20 years of operations in Ghana had recently become the fourth largest bank with 52 branches and more than 900 employees across the country.
He also said the company was second in terms of profitability in banking and assured the hospital of their regular support .
The Medical Director of Ridge Hospital, Dr Obeng Apori, who received the equipment, expressed gratitude to the management of Ecobank and called on other corporate organisations to support the work of the hospital adding that “the hospital was one of the largest in the country and also strategically located but cannot operate if it lacks the necessary resources.”
Over the weekend, the management and staff of Ecobank undertook a three-hour clean-up exercise at the hospital and its environs.
The exercise was also to help make the environment a convenient one for workers and patients of the hospital.