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BY: Felicia Kwarteng
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The Ghana Heart Initiative (GHI), a project being implemented by the German International Agency(GIZ), has donated medical equipment worth €200,000 to 44 hospitals in the Greater Accra Region towards treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).
The equipment include defibrillators, patient monitors, weighing scales with height meter and glucometers.
The GHI donation was financed by Bayer AG, a German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company that has special interest in CVDs.
Presentation of Equipment
Presenting the medical equipment to the representatives of the 44 hospitals at a ceremony, the Director for GIZ Ghana, Mrs Regina Bauerochse Barbosa, said the equipment were to help reduce the risk CVDs posed and enable patients receive quality treatment while also allowing health workers to deliver their services more efficiently.