Hamberley Care Homes has donated life-saving medical equipment to some of Ghana’s biggest hospitals - thanks to a senior team member with a very personal connection to the country.
Charlotte Quartey, our Director of Quality, was born and spent her early years living on the grounds of the 37 Military Hospital in Ghana’s capital, Accra.
Now more than 40 years later she has returned to Accra with vital equipment that the hospital desperately needs including defibrillators and syringe drivers, donated by the company.
Charlotte, who was trained as a nurse, said it was wonderful to be able to give back to the place where she had so many happy memories of her family.
She said:
“As a child I grew up in Accra and spent my first five years living at the 37 Military Hospital. My father was an officer in the Ghana Army and one of the first COs in charge of the Xray and dental equipment at the hospital.
“This hospital has always had a special place in my life and is probably why I studied nursing and work in healthcare now, so to be able to go back there is lovely.”
Charlotte took the first of the equipment over to the hospital last year and more on a recent trip, where she also witnessed for herself the life-saving impact the donation was having.
She added:
“It was a pleasure to meet with the head of Administration Lt Col Abiti who arranged for me to visit the wards where the equipment donated was being used and meet with Trauma ITU consultant Major Lawrence Nsor who was delighted with the AEDs and had already trained up all his Nurses to use the equipment.”
Charlotte also visited the Government Hospital Korle-Bu in Accra where she donated AED defibrillators, suction machines, syringe drivers and nebulisers, on behalf of Hamberley Care Homes and the firm’s suppliers Wightman and Parrish, to save the lives of children with heart conditions.
There is an acute lack of modern medical equipment in Ghana’s public hospitals so Charlotte is confident these donations will make a real difference.
She added:
“I have no doubt that young lives will be saved because of this equipment. The tools we take for granted in our hospitals just aren’t available to everyday people in Ghana, and so to go back to the country of my birth and feel like we are making a difference is just wonderful. A huge thanks to the Hamberley team, and Wightman and Parrish, for making these donations possible.
“I look forward to coming back to Accra in the near future to continue our support of these vital healthcare services.”
Wightman and Parrish also donated a Nebuliser to Charlotte’s former boarding school, Aburi Girls Secondary School, through her Medical and Clinical alumni group.
