[ 2019-03-08 ]

Vodafone settles hospital bills for distressed patients
The Charity arm of Vodafone Ghana, Vodafone Ghana
Foundation (VGF), has brought smiles on the faces
of 108 discharged patients by paying for their
medical bills at various hospitals across the
country.

The move by Vodafone Foundation was to give these
stranded patients an opportunity to celebrate the
independence holiday home.

In all, the VGF said it had expended GHȻ250,
000 on the hospital bills of the beneficiary
patients who had been discharged but had been
detained at the various hospitals because they
could foot for their medical bills.

The beneficiary patients are from the Korle Bu
Teaching Hospital, Central, Volta, Northern,
Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo and Western Regional
hospitals.

Speaking on the initiative, External Affairs
Director at Vodafone Ghana, Gayheart Mensah, said
the programme formed part of the Health Initiative
of VGF and on an annual basis for the past six
years; the Foundation had been paying the hospital
bills of individuals who could not pay for their
medical bills.

He said, the Health Initiative of VGF, was aligned
with the Sustainable Development Goals, which
calls for good healthcare for all and was meant to
support the government to provide healthcare for
the citizens.

“We see this Homecoming initiative as part
of our contribution to supporting the government
in order to deliver health to Ghanaians,” he
noted.

Mr Mensah said although the government was
providing healthcare for the citizens through the
National Health Insurance policy, corporate bodies
could support healthcare delivery in the country.

He explained that Vodafone Ghana was not only
concerned about profits but impacting positively
on the society the company operated.

“Vodafone Ghana is not only concerned about
its products and services but sensitive to the
needs of the citizens,” Mr Mensah said

Principal Nursing Officer of the Neurosurgical
Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Emelia K.
Okai on behalf of the patients expressed gratitude
to VGF for its continued support to patients at
the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

She said the Foundation for several years
continued to assist patients who could not pay for
their medical bills.

Source - Joyonline

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