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UGMS 1997-yr group supports Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, the 1997 year group of the University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS) has presented a cheque of GHȻ15, 000 to the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital in Accra to support its operations.
Additionally, the group also presented crayons, exercise and reading books, colouring pencils, and other stationery materials to the hospital.
According to a member of the 1997 year group, Dr Maame Yaa Nyarko, the presentation was important considering the challenges of the hospital.
She noted that the donation was not the first time the group was donating items to the hospital, adding that, “We intend to continue with such donations to this hospital and other hospitals in the years to come.”
Dr Nyarko said that apart from the donation to the Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital, the 1997 group also handed over a hostel facility at Danfa to the UGMS and also organised a mentorship session with students as part of activities to mark the 25th anniversary celebrations.
She further burged the hospital to make good use of the items and the money donated to help address some of its challenges.
The Senior Administrative Manager of the hospital, Mr Rockson Obeng, expressed profound gratitude to the 1997 group of UGMS for the donation and urged other corporate organisations to emulate such a kind gesture.
He explained that the hospital, despite bringing the oldest children’s hospital in the country, faced various challenges such as infrastructural defects.
Mr Obeng stated that the donation by the 1997 group of UGMS would help address some of the challenges of the hospital as the internal generated fund (IGF) alone was not enough to address the challenges.
By Benjamin Arcton-Tetteh
The family of Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, a distinguished statesman and diplomat, has paid a courtesy call on President John Dramani Mahama. They officially informed him of his passing.
The delegation, representing the Gbeho family, noted that it was culturally and diplomatically important to formally notify the President of the loss before making a public announcement of his death.
Ambassador Gbeho was a towering figure in Ghanaian and international politics. He served in many diplomatic missions, including New York. He was Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, a Member of Parliament for the Anlo constituency, and President (formerly Executive Secretary) of the ECOWAS Commission.
He was widely respected for his role in regional integration and his contributions to global diplomacy at the United Nations.
President Mahama expressed his condolences and shared reflections on Ambassador Gbeho’s contributions to the country, West Africa and the world.
Funeral details will be announced later.
The Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has revoked all firearm permits in Ghana with immediate effect and announced a new registration process for all gun owners.
The minister made the announcement on Tuesday, June 23, at the information service department saying all individuals who currently hold licences to own firearms or sidearms must undergo a fresh registration process.
“From this afternoon, all permits that have been granted to any individual that you are holding a sidearm or firearm is hereby revoked,” Mr Muntaka said.
He explained that the government had identified gaps in the country’s firearm registration system and needed to introduce stricter measures to improve public safety.
“We are opening the window where everyone will have to come forward again to register or re-register the gun because we’ve changed the procedure,” he stated.
According to him, the government decided not to wait until the end of the year to make the changes because lives could still be saved within the next six months.
The Interior Minister said one of the new requirements would be mandatory mental health screening for applicants seeking firearm licences.
“We’ve seen that people with mental health have already gone through and have the sidearm. Now we are introducing mental health. Before we give you the sidearm, we have to be sure that you have the mental stability to hold the firearms,” he said.
Mr Muntaka also announced that applicants would be required to undergo drug tests before being granted licences.
“We’ve also realised that people who are on drugs are also holding their arms and they are legitimate because it’s been registered. Now you have to go through drug tests to be sure that you are not on drugs before you can hold sidearms,” he added.
The minister said the new measures form part of efforts by the government to tighten firearm control and prevent legally registered weapons from falling into the wrong hands.
He urged all firearm owners to cooperate with the new registration process once details of the exercise are announced.
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