Takoradi MP commissions hospital for fishing community

The Member of Parliament (MP) for the Takoradi constituency in the Western Region, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has commissioned a polyclinic for residents at New Takoradi.

The facility has a laboratory, a consulting room, pediatric wards, a proposed operation theatre, an obstetric ward, male and female surgical wards, and lavatories, among others.

Financed through the MP's own resources, the health facility aims to bring quality health care to the doorsteps of the people of the New Takoradi community and its environs.

It is also designed to enhance patients' comfort, safety, and the healing process of those who visit the place.

Furthermore, it will help reduce the burden on the only referral hospital in the region, the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi, and other health facilities in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.

According to Mr. Darko-Mensah, "the existing CHPS compound cannot serve the over 4,000 population at New Takoradi—a fishing community at Takoradi, hence the need to provide them with a modern facility to ensure good and efficient healthcare delivery."

"The motivation behind this project is the fact that health is the most paramount and important thing in anybody's life," he added.

He recalled that when a gas explosion occurred at GHUMCO, near Takoradi, a few years ago, most affected victims were brought to the CHPS compound at New Takoradi.

He highlighted how the facility could not provide healthcare to the victims because it had a small space.

"It was then that I realized that the facility could not accommodate a lot of people should any unforeseen event happen, and this also necessitated the provision of this facility," he said.

He appealed to the chiefs and people at New Takoradi to take good care of the facility.

Mr. Darko-Mensah, who is also the Western Regional Minister, announced that an ultramodern youth center with offices for the New Takoradi community, currently under construction, will be completed and commissioned soon.

Yaw Ofori Yeboah, the Western Regional Director of Health, praised the minister, saying, "This initiative is part of efforts to ensure that the people have access to quality, accessible, and affordable healthcare."

He appealed to the people to cooperate and support the health personnel who will be posted to the facility to enable them to deliver as expected.