Tepa commissions three projects

Tepa (Ashanti), 3rd June 99 -

Three projects constructed at the Ahafo-Ano North district hospital at Tepa in Ashanti at a cost of 442 million cedis were commissioned on Monday.

They are a fully equipped X'ray unit which cost 300 million cedis, a mothers' hostel costing 56 million cedis and two semi-detached bungalows which cost 86 million cedis.

The occasion also marked the 25th anniversary of the hospital which was started as a clinic by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) in May 1978.

Performing the ceremony, Mrs Joana Appiah-Dwomoh, Deputy Ashanti Regional Minister, said in spite of financial constraints facing the nation, the government will continue to provide health facilities for the people, particularly for those in rural areas.

She, therefore, warned personnel who will man the x'ray unit to take good care of the equipment and charged the hospital administration to ensure regular maintenance of the equipment.

Mrs Appiah-Dwomoh appealed to people in the district to report any disease that may be discovered in thearea promptly to the health authorities.

Dr Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira, Ashanti Regional Director of Health Services, noted that there are only four

health facilities caring for the 68,000 people in the district and said these are inadequate. She therefore appealed to the district assembly to help provide more health facilities for the people.

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