Three health facilities in the Northern Region have received personal protective equipment to keep their medical staff safe as they provide health care to the people during this era of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) in the Tamale Metropolis received 100 face masks, 100 N95 face masks, 3,000 pieces of examinations gloves and 22 face shields, the Kanvilli Clinic in the Sagnarigu Municipality received 50 face masks, 15 N95 face masks, 500 pieces of examination gloves and five face shields, and the Tunayilli Clinic, in the Sagnarigu Municipality, received 15 face masks and 500 pieces of examination gloves.

The items were donated by Gateway of Hope Incorporated, an organisation, based in the United States, Living Bread Missions, based in Accra and Markaz Al Bishara, based in Tamale.

Reverend Johnson Asare, Director of Markaz Al Bishara, who visited the beneficiary health facilities on Monday to present the items to them, said the gesture was to support health workers as they provided critical care to the population during this era of COVID-19.

Reverend Asare said Markaz Al Bishara had earlier visited some communities including; Tunayilli to educate community members on the disease and supported them with some PPE to among others empower them and give them hope for the future.

On interventions undertaken by the organisation over the years, he mentioned the construction of a number of classroom blocks, and drilling of boreholes in some communities and gave assurance that it would continue to do more to better the conditions of the people.

Dr Odalys Riveira, Physician Consultant and Head of Department, Internal Medicine at TTH and the University for Development Studies, who received the items on behalf of TTH, said they had come at the right to help protect the medical staff and clients, especially when the hospital was about to reopen its specialist clinic.

Dr Riveira expressed gratitude to the donors for their support, and said it was necessary to complement the efforts of the hospital to take good care of its clients.