A GH¢354,614 three-unit nurses’ quarters for the Adaklu Ahunda-Boso Health Centre in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region was handed over to the facility on Thursday amid pomp and celebration.
The project was carried out with funds contributed jointly by the United Stated Embassy in Accra, and a prominent citizen of the community, Victus Dzah; and implemented by a non-governmental organisation, GOSANET Foundation, while local residents provided communal labour to execute it.
The Adaklu District Chief Executive (DCE), Jerry Yaw Ameko, commended the people of Adaklu Ahunda-Boso for their stunning self-help spirit which, he said, was readily evident in the nurses’ quarters.
“This is a strategic investment in human capital and an important milestone in our collective efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery in the Adaklu District,” he said.
Mr Ameko said attracting and retaining nurses in rural and peri-urban communities was closely linked to the availability of decent accommodation.
Therefore, he said, the nurses’ quarters at the health centre was a symbol of relief and more good tidings in the offing for the facility.
The DCE paid glowing tribute to the District Director of Health, Mathew Ayamba Adam, and the chief of Adaklu Ahunda-Boso, Togbe Asamoah IV, for their valiant and supportive roles, in various ways, in the implementation of the project.
He entreated beneficiaries of the quarters to take utmost care of it so that it remained functional for many years.
In-charge
The Principal Physician Assistant in-charge of the Adaklu Ahunda-Boso Health Centre, Francisca Edem Adraku, said the centre which was established some 40 years ago, had 25 staff members, including nurses, laboratory assistants, midwives, and one physician assistant.
She said the health centre had three detention beds.
Miss Adraku expressed gratitude for the nurses’ quarters, saying it had given a brighter outlook to the centre.
The Principal Physician Assistant said the health centre had 6,011 people in its catchment area, which included Hehekpoe, Agekpo, Tevikpo, Avorkorpe, Kpordoave, Kpodzi, Xinekorpe, and Fulanikorpe, and other communities.
Togbe Asamoah gave an assurance the people of Adaklu Ahunda-Boso would readily provide land for other development projects and free labour for the implementation of those projects.
Already, he said, the community had made available 10 acres in aid of plans to upgrade the health centre into a polyclinic.
Meanwhile, the District Health Director said the willingness of the people of Adaklu Ahunda-Boso to make land available for the expansion of the health facility signified bright prospects for the attainment of universal health coverage in the area.
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