Management of Crime Check Foundation (CCF), a Prison Advocacy Organization has launched a new Health Check Series in Accra. The Health Check Series is an initiative that seeks to support patients in critical need of surgeries and other health situations, who do not have the means.
The Executive Director of CCF, Mr. Ibrahim Oppong Kwarteng told crimecheckghana that the new initiative is as a result of growing calls on the Foundation from Ghanaians for financial assistance to seek medical care for their various illnesses.
The Prison advocacy organization usually assists prisoners, who require legal support and pay court fines of petty offenders. The Foundation has however decided to extend its activities to include many Ghanaians at the various hospitals who require financial support.
“CCF will pay for the many, who have been ”imprisoned” at hospitals, because they cannot pay their bills. It is unacceptable for innocent souls to lose their lives because they do not have the means to seek health care”, he added.
Mr. Kwarteng said the Foundation would be visiting major hospitals across the country as financial support for the new initiative increases.
“If for some reasons you cannot pay to access health care, you find yourself in a state of mental detention”
Mr. Kwarteng told crimecheckghana that, Foundation has also been notified of many people who have been discharged from the hospital but could not go home because, they could not pay their bills. “It is against this backdrop that the Foundation is collaborating with these major hospitals to offer our support to such people,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Foundation has donated detergents and its assorted items to the 37 Military Hospital as part of its efforts to support the facility. Mr. Kwarteng said the Foundation would continue to support the facility from time to time to make health care accessible to the poor.
Colonel Annie Dzokoto, the Matron of the Facility thanked the management for their kind gesture. She said the items would impact the lives of patients and make them comfortable, while they received their treatment and recover. “We will urge you to come often and support those, who cannot pay their bills,” she concluded.
