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The Second Lady, Mrs Matilda Amissah-Arthur, has presented school bags with learning tools, fruits, and other assorted items, to the Children�s Ward of the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital at Sekondi in the Western Region. The donation is in line with her commitment to improve healthcare delivery, especially, for children across the country. The wife of the Vice President, who was conducted round the hospital by Dr Paul Ntodi, the Medical Director, interacted with some of the children on admission and gave them school bags, pencils, books, toys, and wished them speedy recovery. Making the official presentation, Mrs Amissah-Arthur commended the hospital and staff for their dedication to provide healthcare to the people and for managing childhood illnesses. Mrs Amissah-Arthur said her aim was to see that children were treated with care because they were of topmost priority to their parents. �Children are the future leaders and I am someone who believes in growing with the young generation in the area of health care delivery,� she said. She encouraged the doctors, nurses and the other staff to do more to ensure quality healthcare for children. Dr Ntodi commended the Second Lady for her passion in helping the needy as well as for providing social services for deprived communities. He stated that the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital was in dire need of vital medical equipment and logistics to enable the institution to function effectively as the only referral hospital serving the Western Region. The hospital, Dr Ntodi said, had not seen any major maintenance since its establishment. The hospital needed more oxygen at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for the survival of newly born babies, he said, and appealed to government for assistance. Captain Anthony Cudjoe (Rtd), Chief Executive of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA), gave the assurance that the assembly would provide oxygen for the NICU to cater for the babies. He also explained that there were plans by the government to build another hospital within the Metropolis to cater for the growing number of patients. Earlier, Mrs Amissah-Arthur donated clothes to the women at Ada Kope, a community in Takoradi. The presentation was in fulfillment of a promise she made to women in the community when she visited them some time ago. She urged them to form co-operatives in order to help one another. Torgbui David Kluvia II, Chief of Ada Kope, appealed to the Government to provide the community with electric meters to enable them to connect to the national grid. He also urged the Government to rehabilitate the roads in the area as well as to build a new market for the community.