The Management of Ghana Rubber Estate Limited (GREL) at the weekend handed over a 2-Unit bungalow for staff of Nsuaem Government Hospital.
Managing Director of GREL, Thierry Cauchy, accompanied by Nana Kwesi Agyemang IX, Omanhene of Lower Dixcove, Awulae Attibrukusu III, Omanhene of Lower Axim and management of the hospital amongst other traditional leaders, cut the ribbon to officially signify the inauguration and handing over of the GHC600K facility.
This is the second time the rubber company has gone to the rescue of Nsuaem Government hospital after it was elevated from healthcare to a hospital status.
The first was when GREL constructed and handed over a 2-unit bungalow for use by Nurses of the hospital five years ago.
Corporate Affairs Manager of GREL, Perry Acheampong, in an address conceded that though the facility would not entirely solve the accommodation challenges facing the hospital, it would go a long way to help.
Healthcare, education, sanitation and environment the Corporate Affairs Manager further indicated, were priority projects they would execute in their catchments areas.
He expressed the hope that the facility would be put to good use and for the purpose for which it was built.
The Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr. Beatrice Sam-Omidije, applauded the company for providing the accommodation to the hospital.
She said there was pressure on the hospital because all the CHPS facilities were accessing the hospital for referral cases. As a result of this, it needed more hands to offer quality service.
However, the problem of accommodation appears to have been a hindrance to staff of the facility.
She, therefore, thanked GREL for the 2-Unit bungalow, which comprises of a living room, bedroom, kitchen and toilet.
Nana Kwesi Agyeman IX, who chaired the function, singled out the Medical Superintendent for her dedication duty.
Nana Agyemang said everything about the Medical Superintendent pointed to a character who was ready to serve Mother Ghana. He, therefore, appealed to other staff of the hospital to give up their best in service to the country.
Hand over 200k water project to Apemenyim community
In another development, GREL has handed over a mechanised borehole to the people of Apemanyim in the Ahanta West Municipality.
The GHC200 000 water project is one of the social intervention projects the company has provided for communities in its catchments areas.
The Managing Director of GREL, Thierry Cauchy, who commissioned the water project said, “this is a joyous occasion because it is yet another success story and a testament of the development that cordial and peaceful coexistence brings to communities and nations”.
The commission of the water project, the MD indicated, was important to the rubber company because “at GREL we believe that it is essential to create and maintain a strong relationship with our stakeholders for improved livelihoods of residents in our operational communities”.
This, he noted, was done by firmly holding on to the company’s sustainability policy of respect for Human Rights, Responsible Development of our Operations and Best Management Practices, in line with National and International laws, Regulations and Conventions.
In line with the Group’s policy of “Respect For All”, GREL, he pointed out, recognised the importance of the communities in its operational areas.
Hence the need to undertake its operations in a very responsible manner to maintain the social license from these communities, and to that effect, MD Cauchy told the gathering the company had invested over five Million Euros in the last 10 years on projects in the areas of Health, Electricity, Water, Education and Sanitation among others.
“Under the aegis of the ‘Association of Chiefs on Whose Lands GREL Operates’ (ACLANGO), GREL has completed 19 community water projects serving about 20,000 people”, he said, and mentioned some of the beneficiary communities as Aboagyekrom, Gyabenkrom, Agona-Banso and Amoakaw.
The construction of the water project, he noted, was in line with his outfit’s commitment to ensuring that communities have access to clean water and sanitation.
He expressed the hope that chiefs and people of Apemenim would put in place effective mechanisms to ensure proper maintenance of the new project.
MD Cauchy used the occasion to appeal to chiefs and residents of Apimenyim to put a stop to the indiscriminate dumping of refuse in Estate Division 7.
These despicable actions by some residents, he said, give the entire community a very bad image.
Present at the ceremony were Ernest Kofi Aidoo, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ahanta West, Ernest Dzitor, Assembly Member for Apemenyim, Nana Kwesi Agyemang, Chairman of ACLANGO and many other traditional chiefs.
