THE Board Chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ing Sqn Ldr Clend Sowu, has called on the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and disaster management institutions to make data management a priority to reduce fire outbreaks in the country.
He said data on fire outbreaks collected on a yearly basis could help in the reduction of fire disasters if they were managed properly.
He said this when he led a four-member delegation from the ECG to donate a patient monitoring system worth 23,000 Euros to the Plastic Surgery and Burns Centre of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The Patient Monitoring System is to help physicians to detect areas of special attention even when burns patients are wrapped in bandages.
It also provides a clear view of patient data and a clear path to improved patient care.
Sqn Ldr Sowu said there was the need for the institution of more educational programmes on fire to create awareness among the citizenry.
He said the donation was part of the company’s corporate social responsibility and appealed to other organisations to help the centre.
He expressed shock at the fire outbreak that gutted former President Rawlings’s house, adding that he was happy no one had been hurt.
Receiving the items, the Director of Administration at Korle-Bu, Mr Chris Nartey, said the unit was a critical one and needed more support from corporate bodies.
He was grateful to the ECG for the gesture and promise to make good use of the system to enhance the monitoring of patients at the centre.
Dr Anthony G. Laing, a consultant plastic surgeon at Korle-Bu, said the centre needed more improvement, such as increment in staff and equipment.
He said there were plans to build a separate centre for burns and plastic surgery at the hospital to help cater for patients who were brought to the centre.
He appealed to the government and corporate bodies to come to the aid of the centre, since more patient monitoring systems were needed at the centre.
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