Popular filmmaker Jackie Appiah, has refurbished the Child’s Ward of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
The kind gesture was carried out as part of her birthday celebration on Saturday 5th December 2020.
She rehabilitated the ward for children with sickle cell receiving temporary care which has been named Jackie’s Corner through her Jackie Appiah Foundation.
The actress disclosed to JoyNews that the motive behind her act was to celebrate a friend she lost to sickle cell illness in 2019.
Her wish is to see children with this disease forget their pain while staying there.
Head of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Catherine Segbefia thanked Jackie Appiah for her generosity.
