A total of EC$57,000 in medical equipment has been donated to the Ministry of Health by the Grenada Electricity Services Ltd (GRENLEC). The donation, comprising an Ophthalmic Laser and a Blood Mixer, was handed over to Minister for Health, Senator Ann Peters, by GRENLEC’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Vernon Lawrence.
The Ophthalmic Laser is to be used in performing laser-related surgeries, while the blood mixer will be utilized to make blood homogeneous through proper mixing.
Sen. Peters, in accepting the gift, said GRENLEC is one of the private sector companies that not just “talk the talk, but walk the walk”, especially when it comes to providing assistance to the Ministry of Health.
“So what GRENLEC has done here today is to validate what we, at the Ministry and as a Government, are doing in relations to better collaboration through greater public-private-partnership”, she added.
According to Sen. Peters, the assistance from the electricity utility can best be described as the “sectors working together in the interest of developing Grenada’s health status.’‘ One of the GRENLEC’s previous initiatives was educating its staff on a number of health related issues.
Manager Lawrence said that GRENLEC was extremely happy to make the donation, given the importance of health to the nation and pledged his company’s readiness to assist whenever necessary.
Remarks of appreciation were delivered by Director of Hospital and Medical Services, as well as representatives from the Ophthalmic and Laboratory Departments of the General Hospital.
In recognition of GRENLEC’s contribution towards the development of healthcare in Grenada, Director of Nursing, Priscilla Hopkin presented a plaque to Lawrence on behalf of the Ministry of Health.
