P. K. Yankey
Nralekyi (W/R), April 25, GNA – ‘TGS,’ a global seismic service provider working in the Nzemaland, has organised a free health screening for fisher folks in the twin-town of Nralekyi and Baku in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.
The initiative under its Ghana Community Development outreach programme dubbed, “Eboapa Okyi Nam Pa” to wit, “Healthy Nets, Wealthy Shores,” was also used to educate the folks on financial literacy.
The programme, which is under the auspices of TGS Ghana, in partnership with the Nralekyi -Baku Community-based Health Planning Services (CHPS) Compound and Nzema Manle Rural Bank, is being facilitated by STRATCOMM Ghana Limited.
The outreach programme which brought together medical doctors and nurses from the St. Martin De Porres Hospital at Eikwe as local partners, provided services for the testing of
hypertension, blood sugar level, malaria in children with free medications, as well as opening a free Bank Accounts for community members at the Nzema Manle Rural Bank.
The programme was designed to empower the fishing community with essential preventive healthcare and practical financial skills.
Madam Eugenia Aidoo, Country Director of TGS, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that the programme formed part of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of TGS in the Western Region in the last four years.
She said the baseline survey of STRATCOMM Ghana indicated that the people of Nralekyi and environs did not access health facilities at the hospital and refused to engage in financial transactions at the Bank, hence the move to open bank accounts for them and bring healthcare delivery to their doorsteps.
She commended STRATCOMM Ghana for coming out with a survey of the Nralekyi community and surrounding environs to access TGS interventions.
Madam Aidoo said all the number that came to access their facilities were catered for and given medications whiles free Bank accounts was also opened for them.
Dr Augustine Kwesi Amoako, Ellembelle District Director of Health Services in an interview with the GNA lauded TGS Ghana for the healthcare approach by implementing three of the key building blocks of the World Health Organisation (WHO) such as free medication, health financing and free services to empower the communities.
He said as part of the Wellness Clinic, the Ghana Health Services had decided to bring healthcare services delivery to the doorsteps of the people as the country was moving away from the infectious to the non-communicable diseases.
Dr Kwesi Amoako said the exercise was commendable, saying symptomless diseases such as hypertension and diabetes were most of the diseases that were diagnosed and managed.
He said the district was challenged with the high prevalence rate of malaria and HIV/AIDS and lauded TGS for not concentrating only on diseases with high prevalence such as HIV/AIDS and malaria but the non-communicable ones.
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