Afua Kobi Apem Girls SHS gets clinic

Trabuom (Ash), July 8, GNA - A new clinic, built for the Afua Kobi Ampem Girls Senior High School (SHS), in the Atwima-Kwanwoma District, was on Friday inaugurated amidst fanfare.

It has a consulting room, wards, dispensary and a nurses' bungalow. It was funded by a United States (US)-based non-governmental organization (NGO), Zeta-Phi-Beta, as part of its friendship agreement. Oheneba Adusei Poku, Akyempimhene, and Mary Singletary, Coordinator of the NGO, jointly performed the ceremony to mark its official opening. The project has been hailed as a welcome relief to both students and staff as they would now be able to access quality health care at their doorstep. Justice Dennis Adjei, an Appeal Court Judge and Chairman of the School's Board, said it was heartwarming that the students would no longe= r have to travel to Kumasi for treatment. He appealed to the Health Ministry to assign medical personnel to the facility.

Mrs Vivian Annan, the immediate past Headmistress, who played a pivota= l role in the implementation of the project, said the NGO had been supportive of the school. Apart from the clinic, it had established a citrus plantation for the SHS, awarded scholarship to some of its students, supplied books and computers, as well as a bore-hole, to ensure that the school population get uninterrupted water flow. Nana Asoma Karikari, Chief of Trabuom, underlined the need for the school management to take good care of the facility through strict maintenance regime. Miss Asuande Eshun Famiye, the Headmistress, said they were grateful for the gesture.