TACHIMANTIA GETS A POLYCLINIC

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

FOOD VENDERS IN TANO SOUTH ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE ON FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT

The Tano South District Assembly in collaboration with the Food and Drugs Authority and the Ghana Traditional Caterers Association have organized a three days workshop for food vendors  in Bechem ,Techimantia, and Derma in the Tano South District to educate them on environmental  sanitation, food and Nutrition, Personal  hygiene  and Business management.

In a speech to open the workshop the Tano South District Chief Executive Hon. Bukari Zakari Anaba on behalf of the President, the Local Government Minister and the MP for Tano South constituency welcomed participants to the workshop and wished them a fruitful deliberations. He said the Tano South Assembly is divided into eleven (11) departments of which health is part and briefed participant on the roles each department play.

The District Chief Executive said the environmental health department of the Assembly is responsible for health related issues and is mandated to give education to the general public on environmental sanitation  and personal hygiene. He said people at times meet their death on get sick as a result of poor sanitary conditions and urged the participants to pay attention to the lectures the facilitators would give them.

The District Chief Executive said the contribution of food venders to the society is enormous and needs greater attention and proper care which would help prevent patrons of their operations from contracting diseases from the food they sell.

  The leading officer of the Traditional Caterers Association, Mr. Kwasi Mensah who facilitated defined food as a liquid or solid material which enters the body to provide energy to the body and took the vendors into various topics such as the preparation of vinegar, the disadvantages of using salt pelre (EKAWU), how to produce iodated salt, the uses of monosodium glotemate , the checking of expiring dates on canned food and the disadvantages of using contaminated water and advised the vendors and other stakeholders in the industry to the use of ginger, dawadawa, onions and prekese in the preparation of their food since consumers of such items live longer.

Speaking on environmental hygiene and  business management, the deputy Tano South District Environmental health officer Mr. Abro advised the vendors to properly wash their hands and ingredients such as vegetables   they use in the preparation of their food before boiling and also avoid exposing their food to flies to avoid contamination. Mr. Abro advised the vendors to manage well the little profit they get in their business so as to keep them in business always and said using the money on unnecessary expenditure would not help the business to grow.

Certificate of participation were awarded to all the participants at the end of the workshop.