The Axim Government Hospital has taken delivery of 20 mattresses from the Lower Axim Traditional Council to augment the number of beds to accommodate patients.
The donation follows an appeal from the Traditional Council to Tullow Ghana, one of the partners in the Jubilee Oil fields to come to the aid of the hospital.
At a short ceremony to make the presentation to management of the hospital, Awulae Attibrukusu III said due to the daily intake of patients to the hospital, it became difficult for some patients at the hospital to get beds to sleep on.
The Traditional Council, therefore, followed up with Tullow Ghana to assist the hospital. Awulae Attibrukusu III observed that the entire hospital block needed renovation and expansion of facilities.
He noted that with 100 years of health care delivery to patients in Nzema-East, neighbouring districts, as well as patients from La Cote D’Ivoire, facilities at the hospital had been outstretched and must be upgraded to absorb more patients.
The Lower Axim Paramount Chief assured management of the hospital of the Traditional Council’s continued support.
Dr. Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi, Medical Superintendent at the Axim Government Hospital, who received the mattresses on behalf of the hospital, thanked the Lower Axim Traditional Council for the continued support to the medical facility.
He said the hospital was making feverish preparation towards its centenary celebration and will beautify the environment with paintings and refurbishment.
He said there is a bit of challenge with the Out Patient Department (OPD) with patients moving from one place to the other before accessing medical care.
The hospital has, therefore, decided to make provision for a-one- stop OPD to deal with the challenges facing the movement of patients.
He thanked Awulae Attibrukusu III for always responding to the needs of the hospital and appealed to the Traditional Council to continue to assist the hospital.
Dr. Adu-Gyamfi said a number of the steel beds have corroded due to the sea breeze, and with the help of the Traditional Council, they replaced them.
He said almost every part of the hospital was leaking adding that the facility had not seen major renovation since its establishment.
The Medical Superintendent called for expansion of existing facilities to meet the ever-increasing demand of patients.
