By Emmanuel Nyatsikor
Adaklu Wumenu (V/R), July 05, GNA – A three-unit nurses’ quarters was commissioned on Friday and handed over to the Adaklu Wumenu Health Centre in the Adaklu.
The cost of the project was GHC670,000; and was funded by Mr. Governs Kwame Agbodza, Minister of Roads and Highways with his share of the MP Common Fund and from other sources.
Mr. Agbodza, speaking at the ceremony, stated that the project was a testament that the government cares for nurses and health workers in general.
He intimated that the nurses’ quarters would help separate clinical areas from non-clinical areas and make the work of the nurses easy.
The Minister said the project would also help ease the accommodation problem facing nurses at the health centre.
He said through his ingenuity, a number of health facilities were put up in the district “more than government-initiated ones.”
Mr. Agbodza who is also the Member of Parliament for Adaklu gave assurance that all health facilities in the district would be provided with accommodation for its workers.
He appealed to chiefs and landowners in the area to make land available for such projects.
Mr. Agbodza noted that good roads were very essential in healthcare delivery and said plans were underway to improve the road network in the area.
The Minister said the National Health Insurance Authority would soon start operating in the district to help improve health care delivery, adding “a new office has been acquired for the NHIA.”
He praised health workers who were working in the remotest areas of the district and assured them of his support.
He entreated the nurses who would occupy the facility to take good care of it in order to prolong its lifespan.
Mr. Matthew Adams Ayamba, Adaklu District Director of Health, receiving the keys to the building, noted that through the ingenuity of Mr. Agbodza, a number of projects including Community Health Planning Services Compounds, Health Centres and nurse’s quarters were provided for the district.
He commended the Minister for his support for health workers in the district saying, “your support to us is commendable and worth emulating by all.”
Togbe Sekpe III, Chief of the community described the Minister as “a man of action who always fulfils his promise to the people.”
He thanked Mr. Agbodza for building a permanent structure for the community’s health centre which began in a private building and also providing a place of abode for the nurses.
Madam Philipa Agbozo, the in-charge of the health centre, pledged that they would take good care of the facility.
She entreated the people to make maximum use of the health centre.
She advised expectant mothers to visit the facility early when their time was due.
GNA
Edited by Maxwell Awumah/Benjamin Mensah