'DANGER' AT KWAMAN HEALTH CENTRE

Management of the Kwaman Health Centre is appealing to government, well meaning individuals and  corporate bodies to come to the aid of the Centre for it to live up to its healthcare mandate.

 Kwamang is within the Sekyere Central district of the Ashanti region. 

The Health Centre was built by the government in the 1970s to provide primary healthcare to residents in and around the community. 

But with time, the facility was almost left to its fate apart from the posting of the manpower to man it. 

It was the usual communal spirit and contribution of the non-resident citizens that enable the community to construct an extended block that was intended for a Laboratory, Dental Unit and a Theatre to improve on the services being offered by the Health Centre which is being headed by A Physician Assistant due to the inadequate essential facilities there. 

This project took the community about 15 years to complete at a cost of about 400 thousand Ghana Cedis without any external support. 

However, due to the lack of space, the original purpose of the block has been diverted into Wards for females and children thereby increasing the bed capacity from the initial three to seven now. 

Nana Okofo Takyi Abeam, the Nkosuohene of Kwamang has been coordinating contributions of the citizens abroad for the town’s development and laments the lack of government’s support for the community over the years. 

The Senior Staff Nurse at the Health Centre, Mr. Wereko Bannor, also lamented that the staff now rely on guess work in diagnosing patients of their ailments due to the absence of a Laboratory Technician. 

One other serious problem with the running of the facility is the lack of an Ambulance required to ensure prompt referrals particularly the numerous maternal cases to the Asante Mampong Municipal Hospital for emergency attention.

 He therefore appealed to the government to support the Health Centre to live up to its mandate.