The Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, yesterday launched the second National Medical Outreach Services in Cape Coast in the Central Region, with the affirmation that the government would continue to invest in the health sector to safeguard the health of the people.
Christened
“Onuadͻ,” which means ‘brotherly love’ in Akan, the event follows a similar
launch of the mobile clinic by President John Mahama at the Sekondi Naval Base
in the Western Region last week.
The services employed by the
Ministry of Health are part of the means to bridge the gaps in the healthcare
system. They are also to serve as an effective adjunct to traditional
interventions which tend to be rather expensive.
Delivered
under the National Medical Equipment Replacement Project by Belstar Development
Corporation, mobile clinic vans come in four configurations comprising general
medicine, ophthalmology, dentistry and audiology or hearing assessment to cater
for general medical services in those areas.
Two
units each of the four specialty clinic vans were acquired, bringing the total
fleet to eight.
Investment
in Health
Speaking at the launch, Mr Amissah-Arthur said the government’s commitment to invest in the health sector was informed by the critical importance of health care in the human development index.
Speaking at the launch, Mr Amissah-Arthur said the government’s commitment to invest in the health sector was informed by the critical importance of health care in the human development index.
He
stated that the government had, in the last five years, invested massively in
health infrastructure and enumerated a number of projects currently at various
stages of completion, including the new University of Ghana Teaching Hospital,
the expansion of the Ridge Hospital and the new Military Hospital in Kumasi.
Mobile Services
The Vice-President pointed out that the launch of the mobile clinics would run concurrently in parts of the Western and Central Regions and added that “from today, people in remote parts of the Central region will receive the same quality of services from specialists in ear, nose and throat”.
The Vice-President pointed out that the launch of the mobile clinics would run concurrently in parts of the Western and Central Regions and added that “from today, people in remote parts of the Central region will receive the same quality of services from specialists in ear, nose and throat”.
He
explained that it was the intention of the government to expand the ‘Onuado’
Medical Outreach Service by augmenting the number of vehicles available, in
view of the significance of alternative mobile health clinics provided in the
healthcare system.
Right
to Health
The Minister of Heath, Mr Alex Segbefia, in his remarks, said the citizenry, as a matter of right, were required to lead healthy lifestyles.
The Minister of Heath, Mr Alex Segbefia, in his remarks, said the citizenry, as a matter of right, were required to lead healthy lifestyles.
He
underscored the need to ensure that communities were adequately protected
against the threat of communicable and non-communicable diseases.
He
noted that access to rural healthcare services encompassed several elements,
including property acquisition and management, staffing, housing, adequate technology
and other variables, adding that the intention to fully involve mobile clinics
in Ghana’s healthcare system was to elevate and advance the capabilities of the
existing specialist outreach programmes.
Earlier
in his welcome address, the Central Regional Minister, Mr Aquinas Tawiah
Quansah, described the launch of the mobile medical vans in the region as
timely, in view of the fact that the region was ranked among the four poorest
in the country.
The
Paramount Chief of the Oguaa Traditional Area, Nana Kwesi Atta II, who chaired
the function, urged the people of the region to avail themselves of the medical
outreach service to keep healthy.
Source:
Graphic Online
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The
Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, yesterday launched the second
National Medical Outreach Services in Cape Coast in the Central Region,
with the affirmation that the government would continue to invest in the
health sector to safeguard the health of the people.
Christened “Onuadͻ,” which means
‘brotherly love’ in Akan, the event follows a similar launch of the
mobile clinic by President John Mahama at the Sekondi Naval Base in the
Western Region last week.
Veep launches second Medical Outreach Services in Cape Coast
Thursday 15th October , 2015 7:01 am
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The
Vice-President, Mr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, yesterday launched the second
National Medical Outreach Services in Cape Coast in the Central Region,
with the affirmation that the government would continue to invest in the
health sector to safeguard the health of the people.
Christened “Onuadͻ,” which means
‘brotherly love’ in Akan, the event follows a similar launch of the
mobile clinic by President John Mahama at the Sekondi Naval Base in the
Western Region last week.
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