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Boats
for mobile clinic in Ada area commissioned
Ada Foah (G/AR), Oct. 5, Ghanadot/GNA- Twenty-five boats
which are to be used to offer mobile health services in 22
communities around the Volta River in and around Ada
traditional area in the Greater Accra Region, were
commissioned at Pediatorkope, near Ada Foah, on Thursday.
The project, under a public-private partnership, is to be
replicated in areas along rivers 18 districts in five
regions of the country.
Dr Elias Sory, Director General of the Ghana Health Service
(GHS), who commissioned the boats, said they would help to
improve health care delivery in such deprived areas.
He said this was in line with international demands that all
people remained healthy, and called on the community to
patronise the boat service to avoid waste of government
funds.
Dr Sory urged the authorities to maintain the boats and use
them for the delivery of health services.
Dr. Justice Hoffman, Dangme East District Director of Health
Service, observed that the District was a deprived area with
several challengers including inadequate staffing at health
facilities, but said personnel had been able to meet
regional and national targets.
He said the Out-Patient Department of Ada Hospital recorded
an increase of 40 per cent attendance due to effective
collaboration between the Dangme East Mutual Health
Insurance Scheme and the hospital.
He said the boats had come at a good time to improve health
performance in the District adding "The district is going to
increase geographical access and further improve
intervention programmes in tuberculosis, malaria and
HIV/AIDS, among others."
Mr. Ben Quaye, Production Manager of Duratech Fibre Glass
Limited, manufacturers of the boats, said each boat had two
outboard motors, live jackets, fire extinguishers,
navigational light, anchor, flash lights and whistles among
other security features to be used in time of disaster.
GNA
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