[ 2012-07-29 ]

A multi million Ghana Cedi clinic inaugurated at Abesim
Abesim (B/A), July 28, GNA – A multi million Ghana
cedi clinic with two modern
state-of-the-art-theatres was at the weekend
inaugurated at Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality
to enhance quality healthcare delivery in the
municipality.

The Rafchik clinic, a two storey facility, also
has 35 beds of self contained wards including 10
pediatric wards fitted with all necessary
facilities, modern incinerator for waste disposal
and a 30-litre autoclave for sterilization.

Attached also to the facility is a supermarket and
restaurant.

Dr. Timothy Letsa, Regional Director of Health
Services was glad that the standard of health
service delivery in the municipality and the
region as a whole were being raised to a higher
level.

He expressed the optimism that other private
health providers would continue to come out with
innovative ideas to attract and maintain clients.

Dr. Letsa emphasized that healthcare delivery was
a shared responsibility between individuals,
families and communities, as the primary
producer/consumer of health and the service
provider – government/quasi-government, mission,
private, and the regulators all working in
harmonious collaboration to build a healthier
Ghana.

He stressed the need for the general public to
adopt healthy lifestyle by exercising regularly,
sleeping under mosquito nets, keeping their
environment clean and avoiding risky behaviours
such as excessive alcoholism.

The Regional Director also advised the public to
report early to the healthcare provider whenever
one felt unwell to avoid preventable
complications.

He assured that the regional health directorate,
in the spirit of collaboration, would permit all
health service providers to register with the
relevant regulatory body to access medicines and
non-Medicare consumables from the regional medical
stores.

In the same vein the directorate may assist
private health facilities with pieces of clinical
equipments as and when available especially in the
area of HIV/AIDS management.

Mr. Kwasi Oppong-Ababio, Sunyani Municipal Chief
Executive expressed concern about health workers
at the regional hospital in Sunyani, who continue
to exhibit unprofessionalism in the course of
their duties.

“The patient-staff relationship at the Out Patient
Department unit of the hospital is not the best at
all”, he stated.

Dr. Raphael Anto, Medical Director of the clinic
said as part of Rafchik commitment to the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs 4 and 5), which
were to reduce child mortality and improve
maternal health, the clinic intended to renovate
its old premises to serve as a maternity wing.

To this end, an ambulance service will be
introduced very soon to help better serve the
needs of patients.

Dr. Anto appealed to the regional health
directorate to support the clinic with midwives
and other key health professionals to help take
good care of expectant mothers and to support the
zero tolerance of maternal mortality in the
region.

Source - GNA

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