Management of University of Cape Coast has donated ultra-modern laboratory equipment to the Dept. of Biomedical Sciences.
The equipment, worth GH¢ 500,000, are to improve teaching, learning and research at the Department.
The equipment included gel documentation system, autoclave (commercial) and water distillation plant.
Making the presentation on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong, the Dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences, Prof. Desmond Omane Acheampong, explained that the gesture was in response to an appeal by the Department through the School of Allied Health Sciences to management of the University.
"The equipment you see today is in fulfillment of a request made by the Department through the School to the Vice-Chancellor and management of the University” he stated.
The equipment presented to the Dept. of Biomedical Sciences by management of UCC
Prof. Omane Acheampong said the equipment were also aimed at making sure that students were well-equipped, knowledgeable and ready to serve as Biomedical scientists in hospital laboratories across the globe.
He urged staff and students of the Department to maintain the equipment in order to lengthen their lifespan.
Receiving the equipment on behalf of the Department, the Head of the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Prof. Alexander Egyir-Yawson, commended management of the University for the gesture.
The equipment, which he said had come at the right time, would aid students in their studies and aid lecturers improve upon their teaching skills.
Present at the brief handover ceremony were other members of faculty at the Department.
Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC