The MTN Ghana has refurbished 3,888 hospital beds and accessories across seven health facilities nationwide even as it rolled out health screening and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programmes as part of its 2026, 21 Days of Y’ello Care campaign.
The ‘21 Days of Y’ello Care’ is a continental Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) window of the group in any country it is operating including Nigeria.
Business Hilights.ng Ghana Bureau Chief reports that the nationwide intervention, undertaken in partnership with the DOSH Foundation and the Sika Pɛ Adwuma Company Limited, forms part of activities marking MTN Ghana’s 30th anniversary of operations in the country.
A statement issued in Accra said the initiative was expected to improve healthcare delivery for thousands of patients by enhancing patient comfort, easing pressure on healthcare workers and supporting national efforts to address Ghana’s persistent no-bed syndrome.
It said the refurbished equipment included faulty hospital beds, ward screens, drip stands, metallic cabinets and three-in-one patient chairs, which were restored by MTN employee volunteers and handed back to the beneficiary health facilities to extend their operational lifespan.
The beneficiary hospitals are the Achimota Hospital, Maamobi General Hospital, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ho Teaching Hospital, Tamale Teaching Hospital and Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital.
As part of the campaign, MTN employee volunteers also implemented WASH programmes in 16 basic schools across all 16 regions to promote hygiene and healthy learning environments.
The benefitting schools included the Osu Presbyterian School, Dansoman Cluster of Schools, Zogbeli Cluster Block A JHS, Damongo Girls Model School, Walewale Catholic School, Sefwi Dwenase Basic School, Kansaworodo Roman Catholic Basic School and the RIIS Presbyterian Model School B&C.
Others are the Bantama Akyinin M/A Basic School, Tanoso Roman Catholic Basic School, Sonsuaso L/A School, Methodist School at Odomase, SDA JHS Techiman, Fiave M/A Basic School, Bolgatanga Preparatory Model School and Wa Catholic Basic School.
The statement said healthcare professionals and MTN volunteers also organised community health screening exercises in communities and institutions across the country.
