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Fear grips people of Ada over hearts
and stroke cases
Keseve-Ada, (E/R) Sept. 11, Ghanadot/GNA
- Fear has gripped the people of Ada over heart and stroke
related cases caused by consumption of high salinity water.
According to medical experts, one of the major causes of
deaths in Ada and its environs are heart related cases due
to high salinity water intake.
Dr. Philip Narh of the Dangme East District Hospital who
disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Ada said a
greater number of adult deaths in the area were due to
hypertension and other heart related diseases.
Dr. Narh said high salinity water consumption reduces ones
taste for salt hence more consumption than the body
required.
According to him about 2.7 per cent of Ada adults are
suffering from chronic heart related diseases.
He related this to improper treatment of water by the Ghana
Water Company at Ada, adding that the best water for human
consumption should be tasteless, odourless and there should
not be segmentation and salinity.
Dr. Narh said the water being treated at Keseve near Big Ada
has a high concentration of salt, thereby making it bitter.
According to Dr. Narh, if this situation was not checked,
very soon the majority of the over 130,000 populace of Ada
and 14 other towns in South Tongu District would face an
outbreak of heart related diseases.
When GNA contacted Mr Simon Zaryi, Director of Water and
Sewage of Ghana Water Company at Keseve, he said sometime in
the year, the salinity in the Volta River at Ada became high
due to the high tidal waves of the sea whilst river water
level was low.
He said that many factors and research were taken into
consideration before locating the water treatment plant at
Keseve to supply potable water to areas like Kasseh,
Tamatoku, Kadzanya, Big Ada, Ada Foah, Totimekorpey and some
14 villages near Sogakorpey.
Meanwhile the chiefs and people of the area have made
several appeals to the Ghana Water Company to relocate the
treatment plant to Vume where the salinity concentration is
less or should forward proposals to the Ministry of Water
Resources, Works and Housing to join these areas to the Sege
Three District Water Project, which has its treatment plant
at Aveyime.
GNA
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