More than thousand under privileged residents within the Nkoranza municipality of the Brong Ahafo region have benefitted from a health package by Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jerryson fm and Jasta Motors Mr. Charles Asum.
The beneficiaries drawn from various deprived communities within the municipality had their premiums paid in order to enable be rolled on to the Nkoranza Mutual Health Insurance Scheme.
According to him, he was concerned by the health needs of the people in the area especially, single mothers, orphans, widows and those who were deemed to be living below the daily minimum wage reason for the support estimated at GH? 10,000.
He indicated that his philanthropic gesture was going to be a continuing process to ameliorate the suffering of the less privilege in society and maintained that it was through generous acts one could received blessings from his creator.
Mr. Asum promised to make similar donations to the Brong Ahafo Regional office of the Ghana National Fire Service as well as some selected decentralized departments in the region in order to well resource them to carry out their mandated duties effectively.
Mr. Adu Poku Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Nkoranza Municipal Mutual Health Insurance scheme who led a team of officials to conduct the registration exercise for beneficiaries commended the Mr. Asum for the gesture.
He noted that this will go a long way to improve on the health needs of the beneficiaries some of whom were finding it difficult to raise premiums in order to be captured in the scheme.
The PRO appealed to individuals and benevolent corporate organizations to emulate his example indicating that good health was a very important ingredient in determining the wealth of a country.
Some of the beneficiaries mostly women expressed joy for having their names captured onto the Health Insurance Register observing that they were free from the challenges of accessing healthcare in various health facilities in the country.
