FOOD for the Poor (FFP) Guyana Inc. recently donated a quantity of medical items to the Suddie Hospital in Essequibo, Region 2 (Pomeroon-Supenaam).The items donated were medical equipment and supplies, including an examination table, a dental chair, gloves, pillows, linen, adult pampers and other assorted medical and surgical items.

Nurse Emette Tull, of the medical institution, said that the variety of items donated to the hospital would be of great assistance, as the institution had been in dire need of essential items for a considerable period of time.

She gave the assurance that the items would be utilised to the benefit of the residents of the community and further stated that the Oscar Joseph Cottage Hospital located at Charity would also be a beneficiary.

Senior Manager, Gifts-in-Kind department, Jimeel Davis, in his remarks said that he was pleased about the resuscitation of the long standing relationship between FFP and the hospital.

He posited that the donation of medical supplies and other essentials would enhance the service of the hospital to the residents of the area.