NIB Donates GH₵30,000 to Support Tumor Patient

The National Investment Bank (NIB) has donated an amount of Thirty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵30,000.00) to cover the cost of surgery, physiotherapy and medical expenses at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for a Junior High School graduate, Miss Patience Addo.

The 16-year-old who has been diagnosed of tumor in the spine and needed urgent corrective surgery to restore her health. Miss Addo’s plight was brought to the attention of NIB by Global Outreach Consortium (a Non-Governmental Organisation focused on the delivery of advanced medical care to the underprivileged through collaboration). The bank was touched to make a difference in her life as part of its Corporate Social Initiatives.

Head of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Charles Wordey who presented the cheque on behalf of the Bank reiterated NIB’s resolve to continue providing support to the underprivileged and needy in our society as this is one of the cardinal values of the Bank. He therefore, entreated the bank’s customers to keep faith with NIB to enable it reach out a lot more to the needy.

Patience was paralyzed in 2016, few weeks after she was diagnosed of the tumor. This incapacitated and deprived her of the opportunity to sit her Basic Education Certification Examination (BECE) at the Association Basic School. She however, managed to sit the exam in 2018 following interventions by some benevolent organizations supporting with relief and maintenance medications. Her condition had since deteriorated and needed urgent surgery to correct it.

Receiving the cheque on behalf of her daughter, Madam Rose Biney expressed delight at the gesture saying, “hope was practically lost when almost everybody the family contacted turned their backs on us. We thought Patience would never get the money for the surgery but thanks to NIB, we now have hope.”