Residents of Maaduuteng have urged the Wa West District Health Directorate to provide the community with a midwife to cater for the growing health needs of pregnant women.
The residents made this appeal during a quarterly community durbar and community participation in CHPS Zone activities organized by the sub-district In-charge, Mr. Emmanuel Kutina on Wednesday, 18 January, 2023.
The community is a predominantly farming community under GA Electoral area with a population of 1, 161.
Speaking at the durbar, the residents led by the health Committee Chairman and a focal person of the Community, Mr. Dagyile Ertunatey thanked the Wa West District Assembly and Ghana Health Service for giving them a befitting CHPS Compound.
According to them, the facility has been operating without a midwife for the past 9 months which compels pregnant women to travel to Poyentenga and Nyoli for medical services.
Lack of the services of a midwife, Motorbike, delivery beds, and drugs are some of the teething challenges affecting the effectiveness of the facility.
The residents however called for support to address the problems confronting health delivery in the community and its adjoining communities.
The Sub-district In-charge, Mr. Emmanuel Kutina, who is a physician Assistant at Poyentenga Health Center in his address, entreated the community to take good care of the facility to make it useful to the people.
He also expressed worry about the failure of community members to attend meetings involving health workers in the various facilities within the area.
He called on the Chief’s and stakeholders’ intervention to address the problem to ensure better healthcare delivery in the communities and the Wa West district at large.
The Chief of Baalaaboi (Maaduuteng) who chaired the function also called on philanthropists to provide a refrigerator to the facility for the storage of essential drugs that are meant for Immunization.
He also said there is an existing bye-law in response to the lack of participation of residents in health-related programs as he assured the In-charge that the situation will be better.
He placed Ghc 20.00 and Ghc 10. 00 fine respectively on men and women who failed to attend community programs on health and other issues.
Speaking on behalf of the Wa West District Director of health services Madam Cecilia Kakariba, Mr. Kpokpori Jonas, a public health Nurse lauded the Chiefs and people of Maaduuteng for taking good care of the facility.
He mentioned that the facility’s performance is in the hands of the community members and that they should be united for the the welfare of the facility.
He assured the readiness of the health directorate in supporting the facility in any way that would improve healthcare delivery in the area.
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