In keeping with its corporate social responsibility (CSR) of giving back to the society, MTN Foundation under its What Can We Do Together (WCWDT) initiative recently donated medical equipment to Aviation Medical Clinics, Ikeja, Lagos.
The equipment included hospital bed, stethoscopes, baby weighing scale, vacuum extractor, BP monitor, sterilizing set, amongst others, to facilitate the maternal and child-care ward of the clinic. The Aviation Medical Clinics, founded in 1983, has four stations, and is mandated by the international civil aviation agencies to attend to passengers airborne, ill passengers on transit and also private patients.
Joseph Akpata, the portfolio manager, Economic Empowerment, MTN Foundation, while handing over the equipment to the clinic said the clinics became a beneficiary of the WCWDT initiative because a nominator deemed it fit to nominate the Aviation Medical Clinics. According to Akpata, such individuals who put their community first are the true heroes.
According to Akpata, the WCWDT initiative was introduced to ensure that social investments truly reflect the burning needs of the benefiting communities. The initiative encourages Nigerians to be more aware of the individual power to trigger positive change, one community at a time.
Bolanle Olatunji, the head of the Aviation Medical Clinics Ikeja, applauded MTN Foundation for the kind gesture towards the clinics stating that the communication company’s intervention in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, especially its intervention for people with sickle cell cannot be ignored.
According to Olatunji, the donated equipment would encourage the in-house Gynaecologist and Obstetrician team in their work at the clinics. “…the equipment will increase the capacity of the clinic,” stating that, “it is a very appropriate time to come in and a lot of stakeholders will benefit from this.”
The center is not the only beneficiary of the MTN What Can We Do Together initiative, as numerous communities across Nigeria, nominated by Nigerians, have benefitted from the initiative from MTN Nigeria.
It will be noted that the MTN What Can We Do Together, which is in its third year, is set to hold a nominators party in October to celebrate their efforts, in three locations across Nigeria. The event is to appreciate all nominators who looked beyond themselves and chose to be change agents.
SEYI JOHN SALAU
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