Akuapem South Health Administration donates drugs to Nsawam Prisons

Nsawam (E/R), Oct. 14, GNA - The Akuapem South District Health Administration on Friday presented large quantities of drugs worth several millions of cedis to the infirmary of the Nsawam Prisons. The drugs included chloroquine injections, sulphur ointments, paracetamol tablets, blood tonic, magacid suspension and kinaquin 442 tabs.

The rest were kalamina lotion dexamethasone injection, griseokin tablets loprex capsules and vitamin tablets.

The drugs, which were donations from Kinapharma Limited, Sanbao Pharmaceuticals limited, Intravenus Infusions Limited, Starwins Ghana Limited and Ernest Chemist was response to an appeal made by the District Health Administration to assist in stocking the Pharmacy section of the infirmary of the Prisons.

Dr. Mawuli Gyakobo, District Director of Health Service who made the presentation told the GNA in an interview that early this year, a team of doctors - Dr. Owusu Agyekum Medical Director at the Saint Dominic Hospital Akwatia, Dr. Albert Benneh a Principal Medical Officer at the Nsawam Hospital and he himself visited the infirmary of the prisons to examine seriously ill inmates.

He said the team noted with concern the large number of patients present at the infirmary with very little drugs to treat them. The Director said most of the sick inmates who were referred to the Government Hospital were as result of inadequate drugs at the infirmary to treat them.

He said they join and remain in a queue for long hours at the District Hospital, adding that their long stay was a threat to security at the prisons.

Dr. Gyakobo said to ensure efficiency in the security network of the prisons, there was the need to adequately stock the pharmacy of the infirmary to facilitate treatment of sick inmates within the prisons yard.

Mr Edward Kofi Baniba, Eastern Regional Commander of Prisons, who received the items expressed his appreciation for the effort put in by the medical team to procure the drugs for the infirmary. He expressed the confidence that the items would be used to treat the sick prisoners in both the female and the male yards of the prisons.