The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Thursday took delivery of 100 high-density mattresses valued at GH¢12,000.00 to provide some comfort for inpatients.
It was a donation from a New-York based non-profitable organization, “Asafo-Fante-Newtown USA Incorporated.
Mr Yaw Adjei Sechere, its Founder and Chairman, handing over the gift at a ceremony in Kumasi, said he was confident that it would significantly help to prevent the situation where some patients slept on the bare floor due to the shortage of beds.
He pledged the supply of medical equipment to the facility to complement the government's effort at improving the quality of care for the sick.
They would also be visiting orphanages in the metropolis to provide them with support.
Mrs Patience Yeboah Ampong, Director of Nursing Services, said they were grateful for the donation.
She said it would reduce the burden of buying mattresses at "very high cost," and assured that the mattresses would be used for the intended purpose.