Madam Mavis Kuukua-Bissue, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ahanta-West Constituency, has donated assorted medical items to four hospitals and Community-based Health Planning Services (CHPS) Compounds in the Ahanta-West Municipality.
The items were anaesthesia machines, infant incubator, ECG machine, caesarean set, microscope machine, delivery sets, wall clocks and examination lamps.
Others were mattresses, instrument trolleys, delivery beds, weighing scales, examination beds and dressing instruments among others.
The items would be distributed among the Agona-Nkwanta Polyclinic, Nana Hima Denkyi hospital at Dixcove, Kajebir hospital and Apowa hospitals, as well CHPS Compounds in the various communities.
Madam Kuukua-Bissue who handed over the medical equipment to the Ghana Health Services at a short ceremony, said it formed part of a campaign pledge, to augment the equipment needs in the health sector.
She called for unity among traditional rulers and political actors in the Ahanta-West area, to propel socio-economic development in the area.
She noted with concern that Ahanta-West had lagged meaningful development for quite some time now, and advised that without unity, no development could come to the area.
Madam Kuukua-Bissue asked nurses in the area to eschew disrespect, impatience and intemperate language to patients who came to the health facilities.
The MP asked them to emulate the pioneering role of Florence Nightingale of blessed memory, who was accredited with the accolades, “the lady with the lamp,” as she visited all patients to show love, passion, humility and respect.
Madam Kuukua-Bissue deplored the unsavoury comments made by some nurses when patients were under their care, to the extent of abandoning them to attend to their private businesses.
She reminded the nurses in the Ahanta-West, to prioritise the life and safety of people for which reason the government employed them.
Mr Emmanuel Badiana, the Municipal Director of Ghana Health Services for Ahanta-West, touted the MP’s dedication to the health sector by reviving infrastructure and equipping them with medical facilities to improve health indicators.
He mentioned a new maternity block being built by Madam Kuukua-Bissue for the Apowa Health Centre which would be commissioned in due course.
Mr Badiana said the MP had made frantic efforts to provide laboratory services at the Apowa and New Amanful Health Centres, adding that CHPS Compounds now had delivery beds and to effectively cater for expectant mothers.
The Director of Health Services added that through efforts of the MP, theatre equipment, maternity unit and other facilities within the Agona-Nkwanta Polyclinic, were going to be better equipped to provide better services.
Mr Ebenezer Kofi Aidoo, the Municipal Chief Executive said four CHPS Compounds would be built by end of 2026 and two more in 2027, making a total of eight in the municipality by 2028, as well the establishment of a Nursing school.
He said the Bokro hospital under the Agenda 111 would be commissioned by close of 2026 adding that contractors would soon embark upon work on the regional hospital.
Mr Stephen Mensah Johnson, the NDC Chairman for the Ahanta-West Constituency who chaired the function, commended the MP for her commitment to development of the area especially in the health sector.
He said the people of Ahanta-West really voted for a change and would experience an unprecedented transformation and general face-lift of the area.
GNA
