A new polyclinic
has been commissioned at Techimantia in the Tano South District of the Brong
Ahafo Region.
The Polyclinic
which is one out of the five polyclinics built by the government in the Brong
Ahafo Region was commissioned by the Minister of Health Hon. Shirley Aryitey
with the Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister Hon. Justice Samuel Adjei, the
Tano South Constituency Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister of Food and
Agriculture Hon. Dr. Hanna Louisa Bisiw, the Tano South District Chief Executive
Hon. Bukari Zakari Anaba, Nananom and Officials of the Ministry of Health in
attendance.
In a welcome
address, the Tano South District Chief Executive Hon. Bukari Zakari Anaba
expressed his delight to have the honour welcome all present especially
Nananom, Ministers of State and Officials from the Ministry of Health.
The
Tano South District Chief Executive in a welcome address at the commissioning
ceremony
Hon. Anaba said he
believed the commissioning of the Polyclinic is not only a special one but also
a memorable one. He said a healthy mind
lies in sound body as a productive labour force depends to a large extend on an
effective and efficient health care delivery system which entails availability,
quality and accessibility of health care facilities and services and the
commissioning of the Polyclinic is a manifestation of a resolve to fufil the
commitment of government to providing quality health care delivery.
Hon. Anaba said,
inspite of the efforts of Central Government and the District Assembly to
provide the infrastructure, logistics and equipment at the health sector they
are still inadequate and more still needs to be done.
Hon. Anaba said
with the commissioning of the polyclinic he was hopeful and assured the
Minister of health of proper usage and maintenance of the facility as we cannot
afford to let the facility deteriorate and that we would endeavour to take good
care of it so that future generation would also benefit.
Mr Alber Tackie, a
branch manager of VAMED Ltd, the construction firm which undertook the project said his company apart
from the Construction of the building, supply, equip and train personnel to
mann the facility and operate the equipments.
Mr.
Albert Tackie of VAMED Ltd in an address at the commissioning
Mr. Tackie said
his company in collaboration with the a Ministries of Health and Finance have
for the past thirteen (13) years undertaking a number of health projects in the
country and was grateful to the government of Ghana as payments for the
projects have always been prompt to effect early completion and supplies.
Mr. Kofi Opoku, a
director of the Health Administration Support Services (HASS) at the Ministry
of health who deputized for the Director General of Health Services in a speech
said the putting up of the Techimantia Polyclinic is part of the development
projects the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Health is embarking on
to promote quality health care delivery system.
Mr. Opoku said the
Ministry of health is putting measures in place to provide all communities with
either chip compounds or other sectors of health care systems.
Mr.
Kofi Opoku reading the Director Generals address
Mr. Opoku
entreated the people to take environmental hygiene seriously as anything
contrary would bring diseases to them and conveyed the Director Generals regret
for not been part of the Commissioning.
The Deputy Brong
Ahafo Regional Minister Hon. Justice Samuel Adjei in a short but
impressive speech said the contribution of women in national development is enormous
hence the government’s commitment in involving women is nation building. He said the involvement of women in
parliament also helps greatly and entreated the people of the Tano South
Constituency to again endorse the candidature of Hon. Dr. Hanna Louisa Bissiw
as Member of Parliament for the 2016 parliamentary elections as that would
bring more development projects to the District as this would improve the lives
of the people.
The
Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister delivering his address
The member of
Parliament and Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture Hon. Dr. Hanna Louisa
Bissiw, in a speech said, with the commissioning of the Polyclinic, what was
left was an ambulance for the polyclinic and with the acquisition of an
ambulance which she promised facilitating, it would be of no use when our roads
are bad and again promised that she would use her good offices to ensure that
the Bechem – Techimantia Road is re-shaped and tarred.
The
Member of parliament for Tano South Hon. Dr. Hannah Louisa Bisiw in a speech at
the function
Commissioning the
project, the Minister of Health Hon. Shirley Aryitey, disclosed that the
Techimantia Polyclinic project was at the cost of (10) Ten Million U.S. Dollars
and was part of the governments commitment to making health care delivery
accessible to all and entreated the people to take good care of the facility.
Hon. Aryitey said,
with the upgrading of the Techimantia Health Centre to a Polyclinic status more
Nurses and Doctors would be posted to work there but advised the nurses and
medical staff to be patient to patients as their work entails a lot of patience
and to tolerance.
Hon.
Shirley Aryitey addressing the gathering and commissioning the project
She
said the Techimantia Polyclinic has all what it takes for a Polyclinic to
function and urged the people to patronize the facility. She again urged them to resister with the
National Health Insurance Scheme so as to enable them visit the facility at no
cost to access free health care delivery and again pleaded with parents to patronize the Ministry of health’s
immunization programmes to curb malaria and
other diseases and make available their children during such exercises.
Odeefour
Nana Ampong Kromantang the Krotihene of Techimantia who charred the function in
his remarks thanked the President and the Government of Ghana for the gesture of providing Techimantia and it’s environs
with a polyclinic which would enable them access health care delivery at its
best and assured the Minister of health that they would ensure that proper
maintenance culture is adopted to
ensure the proper usage of the facility.
Nana Ampong Kromantang
devilling his remakes
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