The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tano North, Madam Freda Prempeh, has donated assorted medical devices and equipment to the St John of God Catholic Hospital at Duayaw-Nkwanta in the Ahafo Region.
The items comprised medical refrigerators for drugs, temperature control, electric gynecological and delivery beds, ward screens, weighing scales, patient ad vital sign monitors, patient trolleys, ventilators, infusion and syringe pumps, infra-red thermometers, and autoclave machines.
Madam Prempeh, also a Minister of State in-charge of Works and Housing, presented similar items comprising bed cabinets, foldable hospital beds, examination lights, ECG, suction and ultrasound machines, needle destroyers, and hemoglobin meters to the Tano North Municipal Directorate of Health for onward distribution to the health facilities in the Municipality.
Speaking at separate presentation ceremonies held at Duayaw-Nkwanta, Madam Prempeh said she had prioritised matters of health and would ensure easy accessibility of quality healthcare services delivery by the populace in her constituency.
She expressed concern over the emerging pressure at the hospital due to population growth, and gave an assurance to construct more Community-based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds in the Municipality to bring healthcare services delivery to the door steps of the people.
Madam Prempeh said she had already constructed more than 10 CHPS compounds, adding that very soon construction work on some on-going ones would be completed and handed over to the communities.
The MP said she was hopeful that the medical equipment would not only enable health workers in the area to deliver prompt and quality services, but also well position the Municipality to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
Madam Prempeh said she was working tirelessly to ensure that the Yamfo Health Centre was upgraded to hospital status, and urged the health workers to work in tandem with high ethical values and professionalism.
She entreated the Health Directorate to ensure that all the CHPS compounds in the Municipality received and used the medical devices for their intended purposes.
Dr. Asamoah Boakye, Medical Officer of the St John of God Catholic Hospital, thanked the MP for the gesture and expressed appreciation for her untiring support towards the provision of healthcare services in the area.
He explained that since the MP adopted the hospital’s Pediatric Unit, neonatal mortality had decreased drastically, and expressed the hope that she would continue to provide the facility with modern equipment.
Dr. Asamoah said the incubators at the Unit were not enough, and appealed to the MP and other philanthropists, corporate and charitable organisations for more of it, and also a child-friendly ambulance.
At the Municipal Health Directorate, Mrs. Eva Aryee, Tano North Municipal Director of Health Services, described the MP as a hardworking, faithful and illustrious daughter of the area, saying her commitment to quality healthcare services delivery remained unparalleled.
