The Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi has received 15 Blood Carriers from Zeal Environmental Technologies to facilitate the hospital’s collection and storage of blood to aid total health delivery. Speaking to Citi News after receiving the blood carriers from Zeal, the Head of Administration at the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital, Michael Danso thanked Zeal for the quick respond to such critical supplies request. He said the hospital requires the use of blood carriers to increase its blood collection and storage. “We thank you for the Zeal with which you responded to our request and we assure you that we will use it with equal amount of Zeal to ensure that blood collection is more efficient and better stored to improve the services that we render to our patients,” he said.

The administrator while explaining why the hospital takes some processing fee for blood, however appealed to more institutions to come to the aid of the blood bank to reduce the high cost of collecting blood and charge for processing fee. “Blood as we say is free but because of the cost of collecting it, we sometimes have to ask patients to pay something small for the processing. Although blood is supposed to be free, we spend a lot of money to collecting it, so we always want to reach out to corporate bodies to help us in collecting the blood, especially the incentives we give to people when we are collecting the blood. The more support we have in getting the blood, the less we ask patients to pay something for the blood. So we call on all who can help like Zeal helping us today.” he added. Abdul Samad Ganiyu, who is the General Manager of Zeal Environmental Technology stating the rationale for their support to the blood bank noted that Zeal, which is a waste management institution cares about both the environment and quality healthcare delivery. “In addition to making the environment clean and safe for all as our core mandate as an environmental waste management company, we make sure that human healthcare is also enhanced. That is why when we received this request, it was a great opportunity for us to also contribute to human healthcare within the Western Region. We want to assure that this will not be the last,” he said.

In line with it’s mandate of ensuring a clean and safe environment, the Zeal Environmental Technologies team also donated a waste scape to Shama District Assembly to help with solid waste collection for the prevention of the spread of diseases in the Shama District. Speaking after receiving one of the biggest waste scape in the Shama District, the District Coordinating Director of Shama, Richard Blevi, praised Zeal for leading by example by not just managing waste but encouraging and supporting the public to manage waste.

“you have been a good corporate party and this your gesture is more appreciated and timely. If we go to our beaches now, the sanitation situation is not the best there and an Assembly it has been a source of concern to us. That is why we are happy that you have responded to our call to support the community. Already we have one container also donated by you serving the people We will add this one to it and you can count on us that it will be put to a good use.

“So some time to come, you can come to see a cleaner environment and a Shama community that is taking their hygiene seriously, therefore on behalf of the assembly, I thank you and hope Zeal will continue to be a good partner to the assembly,“ he said. In addition, Zeal Environmental Technologies which is situated at Nyankrom in the Shama District, as part of their corporate social responsibility visited the Nyankrom CHPS Compound which was recently built but lack several logistics and without light to operate. Although the Zeal team visited the Nyankrom CHPS Compound to appreciate their challenges for future support, the team also donated to them Blood pressure monitor and thermometer to aid their operations. Paulina Yaa Dankwah, the Midwife InCharge of the Nyankrom CHPS Compound commended the Zeal team for their support and hoped for more help.