Nurses Call For Help Over Mixed-Sex Wards At AdubinsuKese Health Centre

Inadequate facilities at the Adubinsu-kese health center in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region have compelled the authorities to use one room as male and female wards.

The situation does not only affect the privacy of patients admitted to the ward but also undermines quality of healthcare delivery.

 

 

it was obvious the situation has affected healthcare delivery in the area.

Speaking at Child Health Promotion week program at Adubinsu-kese, the Afigya Kwabre South District Health Director Madam Christiana Asubonteng said, the decongestion of patients at the facility was a worrying situation.

 

 

 

 

According to her, the population of the area has overwhelmed the facility, hence, the need for the government to consider upgrading the health center to save patients the stressful ordeal of traveling several kilometers to the other government hospital to seek medical assistance.

 

 

She appealed to government and the Ghana Health Service to come to their aid.

 

 

The chief of Adubinsu-Kese, Nana Akwasi Asiedu also lamented about the inability of the facility to handle the basic health needs of the people due to lack of medical equipment and beds.

 

He, however, called on the government and other stakeholders to act swiftly in dealing with the situation to reduce the suffering of the people in accessing health care.

 

 

 

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