Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly cuts sod to build community clinic

The Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly has held a sod-cutting ceremony to construct a community clinic to promote quality healthcare delivery within the Shiashie area.

Known as Shiashie Community Clinic, the health facility is to be situated in the Opportunities Industrialisation Technical Institute (OITI), Shiashie in Accra, serving the people of Shiashie, Bawuleshie community and students of the OITI School.

Speaking at the event, the Municipal Chief Executive of the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly, Dr Michael Mensah, who led dignitaries to cut the sod, noted that even though there were a lot of private hospitals in the area, construction of a new clinic would complement the existing ones to enhance healthcare delivery in the municipality.

He explained that the money allocated for the project, which is intended to be completed between six to eight months, was from the municipal assembly’s share of the District Assemblies Common Fund.

He said the clinic would be furnished and equipped with the necessary medical equipment to ensure the smooth running of the facility.

Private health facilities

“Not everyone can afford access to health care in the private health facilities, hence the need for a community clinic to improve access to quality health care for inhabitants,” he said.

In his remarks, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West constituency, John Setor Dumelo, reiterated the need for a community clinic, noting that it would strengthen efforts to bring health care closer to the people within the Shiashie community and beyond.

 “We have major hospitals around, but as to health care, getting closer to the people is what we are trying to solve. Construction of the clinic is a good project which will bring health care closer to the people.

I hope that once it is completed, people in the community will be able to access it.

The clinic will contain about 40 to 50 beds; however, we hope to expand it to contain more beds once the project is completed,” he noted.