IGS Supports Firm Health Ghana Foundation
December 25, 2017
As part of IGS Financial Services Limited’s corporate social objective and responsibility of enhancing the social and economic well-being and prosperity of the communities in which we operate, the company has lent its support to Firm Health Ghana Foundation, as a community partner, to organise a Health Education, Screening of Renal (Kidney) disease and Blood Donation Exercise for the security agencies and Ghana Pensioners Association in Tarkwa.
The Health Talk, Kidney Screening and Blood Donation exercise was organized as part of activities to mark the 2014 Founder’s Day Celebration by the non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit and humanitarian organization in collaboration with Old Tarkwa Government Hospital and the Blood Bank.
IGS Financial Services Limited’s support for the Health Education and Kidney Screening was to create awareness and screen participant for early detection of causes that lead to gradual progression of kidney failure.
The programme saw the screening of participants from across the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Customs Division (GRA), Ghana Prisons Service, Bureau of National Investigation, Ghana Fire Service, Municipal Security Task Force, the Municipal Assembly and Ghana Pensioners Association (Tarkwa),for kidney and related diseases. BMI and Urinalysis tests and Blood donation exercise were also conducted to help augment the blood stock at the Blood Bank of the Hospital.