Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye (second from right) with his entourage
Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has concluded his tour of the Ashanti region with an inspection of the Adansi North District Hospital-Fomena and the Sekyere Kumawu District Hospital, which are part of the seven district hospital projects signed by the Ministry of Health in 2012.
Dr. Abena Konadu Yawson, Medical Superintendent of Adansi District Hospital, and Dr. Alex Agbanu, Medical Superintendent of the Sekyere Kumawu District Hospital, who welcomed the Minister at their facilities, stated a few similar challenges affecting healthcare delivery in the hospitals.
These include inadequate staff, poor road networks leading to the facilities, frequent power outages, high costs of running the facility, and inadequate staff buses to transport staff to and from the hospital.
At the facilities, the Minister and his entourage visited the maternity wards, pediatric wards, accident and emergency wards, outpatient departments (OPD), physiotherapy units, pharmacy units, and the obstetrics and gynecology departments.
Okoe Boye met with the staff of the two facilities to interact, experience, and collect firsthand information on challenges.
He expressed his appreciation to the staff for the sacrifices made in improving healthcare delivery in the country and encouraged them to help make district hospitals attractive to their colleagues so they don't oppose postings to such places.
"I have not only come here to note your challenges, but I am going to work at full tilt with my team to resolve these challenges," he assured.
In an address, Ernest Yaw Anim, the MP for Kumawu Constituency, promised that the roads leading to the Kumawu District Hospital would be completed in the next month.
The Health Minister ended his tour at one of the government's priority health infrastructure projects, Agenda 111, at Sekyere Central District-Nsuta, where he inspected the progress of work at the site.
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