Ghana Commercial Bank supports 49 Persons.

 

The Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. (GCB) has donated an amount of GH?25,300.00 in support of 49 needy people with different physical abnormalities, which required plastic surgery in the Central and Western regions. The donation, which was done through the Graft Foundation, was to enable corrective surgery to be performed on needy people, who could not afford the cost of medical support and surgery.

 A statement from GCB, said the bank, touched by the challenges of the people, partnered the Foundation in the second phase of its eight-day project to correct defects like cleft in the palate and tumours among other diseases. In recognition and appreciation of the support, the Chairman of the Foundation Dr. Kwame Abrokwa-Yankyera presented a certificate and a plaque to Mr Simon Dornoo, Managing Director of GCB at the Head Office in Accra. He expressed his gratitude to the management of GCB for the gesture which enabled the Foundation to purchase sutures and instruments for the Graft Hope Project which took place at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital.

 Dr Abrokwaa-Yankyera said because there were only a few plastic surgeons in the country and the inability to raise funds to perform corrective surgery, there were so many needy people who were unable to have access to the surgeries. "We are only eight in the country and currently we are strewn in two cities, in Kumasi and Accra respectively. Korle-Bu has one of our centres and then the 37 Military Hospital. So I must say that the work is a lot and most of it is in the rural areas; in the past, foreign NGOs had supported a bit but I think as a nation we should be interested in our own people" Dr Abrokwaa –Yankyera said.

 He urged the Bank to consider creating an online payment platform to enable people abroad to donate to the Foundation. Mr Dornoo was happy that GCB had brought smiles to the faces of the patients through its assistance to the Foundation. He said very soon it would be possible for standing orders to be set up online for people abroad who wanted to donate to the Graft Foundation's account. GCB, as part of its social responsibility, annually commits funds to the health and education sector for the benefit of the needy in society.

 The eight-day Project saw the lives of 49 needy people with different anomalies living in the Central and Western regions of Ghana changed from an unpleasant state to a more fit to be seen state. This initiative by the GRAFT Foundation is carried out annually to support and seek the welfare of individuals with health abnormalities which required plastic surgery. 

GNA