[ 2015-12-16 ]

First Atlantic Bank donates Firefly Phototherapy Unit to LEKMA Hospital
First Atlantic Bank has donated Firefly
Phototherapy

equipment to the Phototherapy Unit of the LEKMA
Hospital.

The Firefly is a state-of-the-art phototherapy
device designed for effective treatment of
neonatal jaundice.

Presenting the device on behalf of the bank, Mr
Sebastian Yalley, Head of E Banking, reiterated
the bank’s commitment to supporting the health
sector of the country.

He mentioned that the bank has also donated to
other health and educational institutions as part
of its 20th anniversary celebrations.

Receiving the donation on behalf of the hospital,
Dr Taiba Afaa, a Paediatric Gastroenterologist at
the Phototherapy Unit of the hospital, mentioned
that “the hospital was in dire need of a new
phototherapy unit so this Firefly could not have
come at a better time.”

“Nearly a quarter of newly born babies have
neonatal jaundice, that is jaundice in the first
month of a baby’s life and the Firefly, which is
the new phototherapy technology in the treatment
of jaundice, exposes the baby in all directions to
the UV lights – meaning a shorter length of
treatment, hence shorter stay in the hospital for
both mother and child,” she stated.

Dr Afaa expressed the hospital’s immense
gratitude to the bank for their timely donation,
and urged other corporate bodies to emulate such
actions, in order to help reduce the ever-growing
health challenges facing the country.

Source - The Finder

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