• About US
  • Presenters Profile
  • Advertise With Us
  • Live Radio
  • EROS TV
  • Contact Us
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Eros FM
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • World
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • World
No Result
View All Result
Eros FM
No Result
View All Result
Home

Bawumia urges GNPC, Aker Energy, Newmont, others, to support medical drone project

Eros FM by Eros FM
14 September 2020
in News
0
ShareShareShareShare

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Ghana Gas, Aker Energy, Newmont Ghana and other corporate bodies to support Ghana’s medical drone initiative which is saving lives, especially in the hard-to-reach areas of Ghana.

Dr Bawumia was speaking during the commissioning of the third Zipline medical drone delivery site located at Vobsi in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region.

The cost of delivering medical products to the various health facilities is paid by corporate entities in and outside of Ghana while Zipline and its partners also pay for the infrastructural set-up, the drones and all its software.

You might also like

I am proud of the achievements of Ghana and the AfCFTA secretariat – Canadian Commissioner to Ghana

Prepare for fallout of AfCFTA — IMF

Galamsey fight hasn’t failed

The Vice President said: “the cost of this life-saving intervention is not directly on the shoulders of government. A number of organizations have already donated money to the fund dedicated to paying the delivery cost of Zipline. I want to use this opportunity to extend my heartfelt appreciation to these corporate entities who are bearing the cost of this important innovation through their corporate social responsibility obligations. I encourage other companies like the Ghana Gas, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and others who have pledged their support to kindly redeem these pledges immediately”.

The General Manager of Zipline Ghana, Mr Daniel Marfo also announced that the company has completed the construction of all four distribution sites within a record twelve-months after the launch of the first site in April 2019.

He said at full capacity, all four distribution centers will serve about two-thousand health facilities.

Dr Bawumia also called for the swift extension of the drone service to cover the entire country.

“There are a number of health facilities in Upper West, Volta, Oti, Bono East and some other places along the coasts that this service must urgently reach”, he said.

Currently, the services of Zipline is in high demand especially in the five regions of the north that have been affected by the recent flooding.

The daily emergency medical deliveries from the Vobsi distribution site has shot up from an average of fifty to ninety, drawing praise from the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Okoe Boye.

Dr Okoe Boye said: “This, though just numbers, are actually real lives that are being saved on a daily basis. All of us, in government and out of government, therefore need to give our full support to this project as it is solving one of the critical needs in health delivery; promptness in accessing critical medical commodities”.

Source: EROSFM.COM
Via: WWW.EROSFM.COM
Share234Tweet146SendShare
Previous Post

Kennedy Agyapong ordered to appear in Court for contempt

Next Post

Temporary closure of some major roads in Accra on Sept. 15

Related Posts

https://www.erosfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/KATH-CSABA.jpg

I am proud of the achievements of Ghana and the AfCFTA secretariat – Canadian Commissioner to Ghana

26 February 2021
https://www.erosfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMF.jpg

Prepare for fallout of AfCFTA — IMF

25 February 2021
https://www.erosfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SAMUEL.jpg

Galamsey fight hasn’t failed

25 February 2021
https://www.erosfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MUBARAK-WAKASU.jpg

Wakaso, Boateng called to join Black Stars for AFCON qualifiers

25 February 2021
https://www.erosfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MOHAMMED-POLO.jpg

Mohammed Polo to petition President Akufo-Addo over $51,000 debt owed him

25 February 2021
https://www.erosfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/PRESIDENT-NADAA.jpg

Akufo-Addo to take first jab of coronavirus vaccine

25 February 2021
Next Post

Temporary closure of some major roads in Accra on Sept. 15

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Don't miss it

I am proud of the achievements of Ghana and the AfCFTA secretariat – Canadian Commissioner to Ghana

Gospel music should be centred on the word of God and not trends – AkuBless

We don’t need to accept LGBTQ+ rights and sick mindedness in Ghana – Kweku Flick

Adebayor finally reunites with Funny Face at psychiatric home

KiDi reveals the only condition that will compel him to do a collabo with Guru

Check out Bob Pixel’s final post on social media before his death

Recommended

All salary arrears owed teachers to be paid first week in Dec – NAPO

27 November 2020

7 Secrets of Female Masturbation

23 October 2020

Categories

  • Business
  • Campus
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • World

EROS FM is an on-line radio-station based in Koforidua, Ghana. Eros is been given major audience in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Canada, Lebanon, Dubai, Qatar, Malaysia and other parts of the world.

Learn more

EROS FM

  • About US
  • Presenters Profile
  • Advertise With Us
  • Live Radio
  • EROS TV
  • Contact Us

Archives

  • Live Radio
  • EROS TV

© Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved | EROS FM | EROS Institute

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Education
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • World

© Copyright 2020, All Rights Reserved | EROS FM | EROS Institute