By Joseph Agrace Wiyorbie, GNA
Gwollu (UW/R), March 17, GNA-The Sissala West District has appealed to the government and stakeholders in health, to urgently complete the Agenda 111 hospital facility to enhance healthcare delivery in the area.
The project, which was 50 per cent complete had been abandoned in 2024 due to lack of funding and contractor withdrawn, while the construction materials are not on the site.
Mr Gbene Abudu Fuseini, the Sissala West District Chief Executive (DCE), said the only health centre in the district faces numerous challenges such as inadequate space, staff deficit, among others affecting quality healthcare delivery.
He emphasised that the completion of the district Agenda 111 hospital project would address these challenges and serve as a major facility that would improve quality healthcare delivery in the district.
Mr Gbene who spoke to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in an interview appealed to the government and stakeholders in health to prioritise the continuation of the project to curtail the challenges the hospital faces for improved healthcare delivery.
He said, “This is central government project that the district Internally Generated Fund (IGF) cannot construct.
“We are urgently appealing to the government to come to our aid and complete the project to enhance the district’s healthcare services”.
Dr. Matthias Pogvi Tengan, the Sissala West District Health Director corroborated Mr Gbene’s concerns, stressing that the district hospital, which served as a major referral centre currently lacked space to run special units and to accommodate patients, due to the growing population of the people.
He emphasised that the hospital lacks a purpose-built Emergency Unit, making it difficult to admit and manage patients requiring resuscitation, stabilization, and observation, adding that the absence of distinct spaces for surgical and medical patients, as well as recovery and critical care facilities, further exacerbates the situation in the hospital.
He added that the hospital also lacked an administration block, office space, and adequate accommodation for critical staff, contributing to staff attrition and difficulties in attracting new healthcare professionals.
He stressed that the situation had contributed to the hospital experiencing an upsurge in patient inflows and referrals, resulting in increased mortalities due to limited space and inadequate facilities.
He lamented that in 2024 the hospital recorded six deaths while in 2025 alone the figures increased to 22 due to lack of Emergency unit and inadequate space to admit and manage patients requiring resuscitation, stabilization, and observation.
He said the inadequate space had compelled some units of the hospital especially the Out-Patient Department (OPD) to operate outside the hospital.
“Some of the patients needed to be admitted and treated immediately in the hospital but due to inadequate space and lack of emergency unit we have to refer them, and some end up losing their lives,” he said.
Dr. Tengan noted that the completion of the district Agenda 111 hospital facility would address the challenges 1and provide additional service space, modern equipment, and improved infrastructure, stressing that this would enhance the hospital’s capacity to deliver quality healthcare services.
Some of the residents in an interview with the GNA said government was a continuous process, and that the present government should prioritise the completion of the facility.
GNA
Edited by Caesar Abagali /Kenneth Odeng Adade