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Liberty A/G Church supports 3 regions with medical supplies
The Liberty Center Assemblies of God (A/G) Church has donated medical items to some selected hospitals in the Northern, North East and Upper West regions of Ghana.
The items include boxes of catheter tray, disposable wipes, specimen container, phlegm suction unit, personal toilet seat cover, surgical gloves, oral syringe, face shield camera covers and syringes.
Others were absorbent pads, diapers, blood pressure cuff, respirator bandages, drainage bags, medicine caps, rock eye surgical items, cannulas/surgical cannulas urinary catheter and other medical equipment and consumables.
The items were presented to the leadership of Assemblies of God Care for onward distribution to health facilities in the selected regions.
Assemblies of God Care is an organisation that works through locally established structures and churches, to empower local communities to address their developmental challenges.
Presenting the items, the Senior Pastor of the church, Rev Dr Sam Ato Bentil said his purpose for the donation was to support people and health facilities in the rural communities.
He said that the church had identify hospitals in some parts of northern Ghana such as Napanduri, Saboba and other places that may need these hospital essentials, adding that “we as a church believe that this presentation would be very useful in those areas and the residents and health practitioners would benefit from them.
Rev Dr Bentil explained that the items were donations from Gateway Medical Alliance in the United States of America (USA) in support of the church’s hospital project.
He said the exercise would be an annual project which would be in connection with the church’s annual health walk and fun games.
Rev Dr Bentil urged Assemblies of God Care to ensure that beneficiary facilities receive them and urged the beneficiary hospitals to use them to help its patients.
Receiving the items, the Board chair of Assemblies of God Care, Mr Felix Afenyo said the donation was timely as the consumables were needed to provide adequate healthcare to the people in northern region.
The Head of the medical team of the Liberty Centre A/G, Dr Felix Aninagyei said the church did not only believe in the spiritual growth of the members but also in their physical growth, hence the donation.
BY JEMIMA ESINAM KUATSINU
The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old driver, Bismark Kpormeno, for possession of a large quantity of compressed plant materials suspected to be Indian hemp.
The arrest was made on Sunday, 31 May 2026 by officers of the Tema Highway Patrol Unit during an operation along the Tema-Ada road.
According to police, the suspect was driving a Hyundai Mighty I container truck and failed to stop when signaled. He attempted to evade arrest but was pursued and apprehended at Bondase.
A search of the vehicle revealed twelve 12 sacks and eighty 80 parcels of compressed plant materials concealed in a container and wrapped in sellotape.
Preliminary investigations show the narcotics were allegedly loaded at Kpeve in the Volta Region and were being transported to Ada.
The suspect is currently in police custody assisting with investigations. The truck and exhibits have been impounded for evidential purposes.
The Tema Regional Police Command says it remains committed to combating drug trafficking and other criminal activities.
They also urged the public to support law enforcement by providing timely and credible information on suspicious activities.
Firefighters from the Peki Fire Station of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) responded swiftly to a fatal head-on collision involving a Mercedes-Benz container truck (WR 1553-C) travelling from Nkwanta to Accra and a Mercedes-Benz passenger bus (GR 3215-E) travelling from Battor to Kabiti in the Oti Region.
The crash occurred at Peki-Tsame near Peki Senior High School in the early hours of Tuesday, 2nd June 2026.
A total of forty (40) persons were involved, comprising twenty-one (21) males, fifteen (15) females, and four (4) children.
Through a coordinated rescue operation, firefighters extricated 25 injured casualties, including 23 adults and two children.
Sadly, 15 persons lost their lives, made up of nine males and 6 females.
The injured were conveyed to the Peki Government Hospital for treatment, while the deceased were handed over to the Police, who conveyed them to the hospital mortuary for preservation and further investigation. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
The Ghana National Fire Service has extended its deepest condolences to the bereaved families and urges all motorists to observe road traffic regulations, avoid dangerous driving practices, and exercise maximum caution on the roads to help prevent accidents and save lives.
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