Health News of Thursday, 21 July 2005

Source: GNA

American student presents physiotherapy equipment to Kyebi Hospital

Kyebi (E/R), July 21, GNA - An American student on an attachment programme in Ghana, Ms Clare Rohleder, has donated physiotherapy instruments to the Kyebi Government Hospital.

The instrument included two stethoscope and two sphgymanometer valued at two million cedis.

Mr Sam Ntem, Officer in-charge of the Physiotherapy Unit of the Hospital, who received the items thanked Ms Rohleder for the donation and gave the assurance that the items would be put to good use. The East Akim District Chief Executive, Mr Emmanuel Victor Asihene, expressed his appreciation to Ms Rohleder and appealed to her to help to link the hospital to a health institution in America for an exchange programme.