The donation included toiletries, detergents and other assorted items which the students said were their widow’s mite to support the welfare of the children on admission.

The gesture according to the Head Master of the School, Frank Ahiaxornu, was an initiative by the students as part of the school’s SRC Week Celebrations.

In an interview with Citifmonline, the Headteacher said the donation was an indication of the virtues the school imbibes in the students which include charity activities.

“Power College, our anthem or our song has a part that says that we are trained to give and not to give up and its always our desire to give to the society”

He said society owes it a duty to show care and love to children particularly the vulnerable ones, adding that the school has engaged in similar activities over the years including clean up exercises in the regional capital.

“We believe that they are supposed to be in school now, but because of their ill-health they are in the hospital so they need somebody to come to them so that they know they care for them” he added.

Caregivers in the ward on behalf of the Hospital expressed gratitude to the students for sharing the little they had with the kids.

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By: King Norbert Akpablie/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The facility in 2012 came under harsh criticism from the indigenes for recording 14 maternal mortality cases that year, some of whom were allegedly caused by the staff of the Hospital.

That narrative appears to have changed since 2014 with the facility recording two cases in 2014, a case in 2015 and a case in 2016.

Dr. Lawrence Kumi, Medical Superintendent of the Hospital who attributed the feat to “effective coordination and positive attitude” towards clients said, “we delivered 1,444 babies last year and lost one”.

He said the single cases recorded since 2015 and 2016 were “emergencies in bad conditions” from outside the Municipal area.

Dr Kumi said the history of people dying at the facility had changed to that of hope and confidence and now they had clients from across the region.

He said in view of the increasing number of clients, the facility had renovated its maternity ward into an ultra-modern status and reconstructing a new labour ward.

Dr. Kumi said those projects had put financial pressure on the Hospital and called for support to equip the facilities with new delivery beds and suction machines.

A few expectant mothers who spoke to the Ghana News Agency at the labour ward said the show of care and love by the midwives made them keep faith with the facility.

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Source: GNA

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