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CalBank donates PPEs to four hospitals in Ghana

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Board of Directors&comma; Management and Staff of CalBank have donated a set of Personal Protective Equipment &lpar;PPEs&rpar; valued at GHS 230&comma;000&period;00 to four Hospitals in Ghana&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The beneficiary Hospitals are the University of Ghana Medical Centre in the Greater Accra Region&comma; the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region&comma; the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region and the Tamale Teaching Hospital in the Northern Region of Ghana&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The items which included Gloves&comma; Face Shields&comma; Surgical Masks&comma; Hand Sanitizers&comma; Disinfectant Bleaches&comma; Disposable Gowns&comma; Nurse Caps&comma; Anti-bacterial Liquid Soaps&comma; Alcohol-based Surface Disinfectants&comma; Rubbing Alcohol&comma; Infra-red Thermometer Guns&comma; Goggles and Rubber Boots were funded entirely from the generous contributions from the Board members and staff of CalBank and were presented concurrently on 1st June&comma; 2020 to all the selected hospitals&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>In April this year&comma; CalBank donated GHS 200&comma;000 to the Covid-19 National Trust fund&period; In addition to the GHS 200&comma;000 CalBank earlier contributed to the GHS 10million presented by the Ghana Association of Bankers to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;Dickson-1-1024x683&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-3670"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Commenting on behalf of Staff of CalBank&comma; Chief Risk Officer&comma; Mrs&period; Barbara Banson remarked&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As rooted in our core value of Responsibility&comma; it is imperative to support one another in the quest to improve lives in the society in which we operate&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&nbsp&semi;Realizing that these hospitals play a cardinal role as referral healthcare facilities in the management of Covid-19 cases&comma; the Board of Directors&comma; Management and Staff generously raised funds to purchase PPEs for use by the healthcare staff who are working tirelessly to combat the Covid-19 pandemic’’&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>&OpenCurlyQuote;’It is our fervent belief that this gesture will go a long way to help ease frustrations on inadequate protective gears&comma; boost their response rate to the ongoing fight against the coronavirus and protect these frontline workers who are faced daily with the harsh realities of dealing with these cases”&period; She added&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Medical Directors of the respective facilities expressed their profound appreciation to staff of CalBank for raising the funds to purchase the PPEs for the respective health institutions&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>They assured that the items will be put to judicious use and encouraged corporate bodies and organizations to continue to support the fight against the Coronavirus pandemic&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;Dickson-2-1024x683&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-3671"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Mrs&period; Barbara Banson further reiterated the solutions that CalBank has put in place to support clients during these difficult times&period; These include increased transaction limits&comma; waiver of some charges on digital channels and deferred loan repayments for certain categories of clients&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph"><strong>She further urged Ghanaians to continue to adhere to the hygiene protocols of wearing Face Masks&comma; practicing social distancing&comma; washing hands frequently with soap under running water or using alcohol-based hand rub and use of the CalBank App&comma; USSD code &ast;771&num; and other CalBank digital channels for Banking transactions&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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