By Emmanuel Kojo Kwarteng
GCB Bank Limited has provided meals to 500 doctors and frontline health services staff as part of its commitment to the fight against Coronavirus (COVID-19) on a daily basis.
GCB Bank, under an arrangement with some private suppliers and catering services companies, is offering nutritious meals, water and drink as lunch package for the health workers for a month.
Medical doctors and other frontline health services workers from the Ga East Municipal Hospital, Mamprobi Polyclinic, Korle-Bu Polyclinic, Legon COVID Centre and Ussher Polyclinic all in the Greater Accra Region are being catered for by Ghana’s leading bank.
The feeding intervention by GCB Bank is to complement the efforts of the government to contain COVID-19.
The Managing Director of GCB, Mr Anselm Ray Sowah, commenting on the programme, noted that with the increasing pressure on frontline workers due to the rise in the number of COVI-19 cases, it is very difficult for the health service staff to leave their duty posts in search of food due to the partial lockdown.
Mr Sowah explained that the decision of the Bank to provide meals for frontline health service staff is motivated by the drive to connect with and serve others as well as to augment the feeding of the health sector employees.
“As Ghana’s largest and indigenous bank, GCB is obliged. I feel driven by our tenets of corporate social responsibility. It is a moral imperative,” the GCB Bank MD said. Mr Sowah said the Bank prioritises health matters, believing that good health for all Ghanaians will enhance productivity.
The Doctor in charge of the Ussher Polyclinic, Dr Patrick Amo-Mensah, on behalf of the staff and the community, expressed gratitude to the Bank.
Beneficiaries of the exercise include Dr Ali Samba, National Coordinator for Case Management Teams at the Ga East Municipal Hospital; Dr Ebenezer Oduro Mensah, Medical Superintendent at the Ga East District Hospital; Dr Chris Owoo, National Coordinator for Management of Severe and Critical Cases; and Dr Humphrey MaCauley received the package on behalf of the health workers.
The Head of the Corporate Affairs Department of the Bank, Mr Emmanuel Kojo Kwarteng, on behalf of the Management, presented parcels of the meals to the Specialist Doctor in charge of the Mamprobi Polyclinic, Dr Charlotte-Alberta Baaba Cato. Mr Kwarteng also witnessed the delivery of the meals to doctors and staff of the Ussher Polyclinic.
