The Rotary Club in Cape Coast has donated an ambulance and power inverters to the St. Martins De Porres Hospital at Ekwe in the Western Region to help save more lives.

The hospital that serves over 20 health facilities was grappling with the challenge of sending referral cases to other major health facilities because the 12 year-old ambulance at the facility was not in good shape.

The situation, according to health officials at the facility made health delivery and the saving of lives of people in critical conditions difficult.

The ambulance and the inverters, according to the club was a collaborative effort of the Rotary clubs in Cape Coast, Germany, France and England.

Speaking at the donation of the ambulance to the hospital, President of the Rotary Club in Cape Coast and MP for Abura Asebu Kwamankese, Elvis Morris Donkoh, revealed the need to save lives and make the life of the vulnerable and less privileged in society comfortable has become more than a calling to the club.

“This is what Rotary stands for. We help put smiles on the faces of the less privileged in society. We only come in to offer a humanitarian service to mankind. That’s a calling of a group of professionals like us,” he said.

Elvis Morris Donkoh also appealed to the hospital to use the ambulance and the inverters for their intended purposes. He further appealed to the Management of the hospital to help maintain the items.

“We want you to put the facility to good use. We don’t want to see the ambulance being used as a hearse to carry dead bodies,” he added.

The Health Services Administrator at the St. Martins De Porres Hospital, John Abakah, thanked the rotary club for their kind gesture and promised to maintain the items very well.

“We are more than happy. Now we have a brand new ambulance to support our referral system. Hitherto, we had a 12-year old ambulance. It made things very difficult for us,” he ended.