We need district Hospital – Nkoranza North Health Directorate

The Nkoranza North District in the Brong Ahafo Region is facing serious challenges in its efforts to deliver efficient health care services to its numerous residents due to the lack of a district hospital.

The district currently has an estimated population of 77,265 who depend on a health centre with inadequate structures and facilities at Busunya including 16 CHPS compounds and 137 health staff, to provide health services to residents.

The situation, according to health authorities has compelled them to resort to referring their patients to other health facilities in Techiman and Kintampo, which comes at a huge cost to both the health centre and patients.

The authorities are therefore making a passionate appeal to government, donor agencies, philanthropist and traditional authorities in the area to and come to their aid in order to prevent the needless deaths recorded by health facilities due to the lack of a referral facility in the district.

This revelation came to light on Tuesday by the District Director of Health Services, Thomas Derry, when the district took its turn in a nationwide series of Town Hall Meetings organized by the Ministry of Information (MOI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD).

The Town Hall Concept, an initiative of the MIO and MLGRD is to offer residents the platform to interact with government functionaries and duty bearers at the local level and seek answers to issues of national importance on their minds.

It also afforded residents the opportunity to apprise them on government policies and programmes and their implementation in the district to generate the necessary feedback for fine tuning to shape the policies to achieve its stated objectives as well as enhance good governance and social accountability.

He said in the midst of all these challenges, the directorate was collaborating with the assembly and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to undertake the monitoring and supervision of Girl Iron Folic Tablets Supplementation Programme in Schools and Communities as well as the GIFTS Programme, a nationwide intervention to reduce anaemia among female adolescent in the district.

Mr. Dery noted the high incidence of malaria, inadequate staff, inadequate equipment, poor road network, the high number of home deliveries and inadequate office and staff accommodation as the major challenges affecting health care delivery in the area.

The District Chief Executive (DCE), Gifty Akosa Arthur in address observed the programme was timely as Ghanaians were yearning for the government to account to them and reiterated her commitment to promote the interest and welfare of residents.

She pledged to ensure value for money for all abandoned projects inherited and has therefore suspended the implementation and execution of new projects for the year.

She noted the assembly will be guided in its execution of projects by the Medium Term Plan (DMTDP) and the Annual Action Plan (AAP) which has taken into consideration the views of residents at a needs assessment session in the communities.

The DCE commended the government for the implementation of most of its flagship programmes such as Free SHS, restoration of Teacher/Nurse allowances, Zongo development fund, one district, one factory and planting for foods and jobs among others and tasked residents to take advantage of the initiatives to better their condition of living.

The Regional Information Officer, Mr. Imoro Ayibani for her part explained the initiative by the MOI offers an opportunity for residents to seek clarification on government policies and programmes being implemented in the districts.

He, therefore, appealed to them to ask all questions and provide suggestions to enable government fine-tune and take corrective measures of its programmes for the benefit of Ghanaians.

He emphasized the concept will be replicated all districts in the country as a way of enhancing good governance and strengthen social auditing and accountability.

Participants during an open forum asked questions on Education, Health, Good Governance, Rural Development and initiatives from government to improve their standard of living.

The programme was chaired by Bontehene Nana Krobea Asante Sarpong who strongly supported the call for the construction of District Hospital for the area.

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By: Mashoud Kombat/citifmonline.com/Ghana

 

 

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