The District Chief Executive for Bongo in the Upper East Region, Peter Ayinbisa, on Friday handed over a newly constructed Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound with staff accommodation and a mechanized water system to the chiefs and people of Sanabisi Electoral Area in the district.
When fully functional, the CHPS compound will serve to ensure that people of the area will have the necessary complement of basic health services.
Beneficiaries of this health facility are the people of Sanabisi and nearby communities such as Akulyoo, Alabukuloo, Asinyanga and Tindongo. Others are Akirekonkoosi, Bo-eri, Zanwengo and Tamolga.
In his brief remarks at the commissioning, the DCE was pleased that such a project has been accomplished in his tenure as leader of the district; recounting the efforts he had put in to get a health facility for the rural settlement during his 14 years of service as Assembly Member for the same area.
He said the New Patriotic Party Government is committed to solving the health needs of Ghanaians, especially those in rural areas.
Mr. Ayinbisa added that, the Bongo District Assembly will build more CHPS Compounds in the District as a significant concept that will help promote health care delivery.
The DCE also handed over a 15-bed Maternity Block; designed to ease congestion on the existing 5-bed health facility that serves an estimated population of 13,000 at Namoo in the same district.
A midwife at the Namoo CHPS compound, Rachael Ayamga, was full of excitement as she described how the new maternity block will help improve the quality of health services given to mothers and new born babies.
“Instead of us discharging newborn babies within 12 hours, we will now extend it to 24 hours or even more if the need be; and again, in the old building, we used not to have Kangaroo mother care corner, but in this new building, we will create one which will help us render that kind of service.” She said.
A Principal Physician Assistant, in-charge of the Nammo CHPS compound, Adama Halimatu Sadia, acknowledged and applauded the commitment of the Bongo District Assembly and Health Directorate who pulled resources together to build maternity block.
Source of funding for both facilities at Sanabisi and Nammo is the District Assembly Common Fund; and they cost GHS 226,000.00 and GHS 130,000.00 respectively.
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