Rotary Club of Navrongo donates GH₵500,000 worth of ICU equipment to War Memorial Hospital.
The Rotary Club of Navrongo has donated Intensive Care Unit (ICU equipment worth GH₵500,000 to the War Memorial Hospital in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality, aimed at enhancing emergency healthcare services at the facility. The equipment includes an ICU ventilator, fully electric automated hospital beds with remote controls for five functions, a hospital syringe pump, a biphasic defibrillator, a BG-800A blood gas analyser, and BKE-parameter ICU patient monitors.
The donation was presented during a ceremony held at the hospital on Monday, 11 August 2025. Speaking at the event, the Charter President of the Rotary Club of Navrongo, Dr Dennis Chirawurah, recounted the origins of the initiative. “Last year on August 10, we officially launched the Rotary Club of Navrongo Charter Project, referred to as the Intensive Care Unit Support Project, with an initial equipment cost estimated at GH₵112,000. Today, the total value of the equipment we are donating to the hospital is about GH₵500,000,” he said.
Dr Chirawurah expressed appreciation to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) for funding the procurement of the equipment, and particularly recognised the immediate past Director-General of the GPHA, Michael Luguje, for supporting the clearance and transportation of the items to Navrongo.
Upon receiving the donation, Medical Superintendent of the War Memorial Hospital, Dr. Abraham Titigah, expressed profound gratitude, noting that the gesture would significantly enhance the hospital’s capacity to care for critically ill patients. “For me, this donation represents an improvement in the depth and scope of our care,” said Dr Titigah. “Often, due to inadequate infrastructure, we are forced to refer critically ill patients to distant facilities. With this new equipment in place and a functioning ICU, we can offer deeper interventions and care for more patients right here in Navrongo.”
The War Memorial Hospital serves as a key referral centre for the Upper East Region, and stakeholders say the new ICU equipment will be vital in saving lives.
