3-Unit nurses’ quarters for Adaklu Ahunda-Boso Health Centre
A GH¢354,614 three-unit nurses’ quarters for the Adaklu Ahunda-Boso Health Centre in the Adaklu District of the Volta Region has been handed over to managers of the facility.
The project was carried out with funds contributed jointly by the United States Embassy in Accra and a prominent citizen of the community, Victus Dzah and was implemented by a Non-Governmental Organisation, GOSANET Foundation, while residents provided communal labour to execute it.
The Adaklu District Chief Executive (DCE), Jerry Yaw Ameko, commended the people of Adaklu Ahunda-Boso for their stunning self-help spirit, which, he said, was readily evident in the nurses’ quarters.
“This is a strategic investment in human capital and an important milestone in our collective efforts to strengthen healthcare in the Adaklu District,” he said.
Mr Ameko said attracting and retaining nurses in rural and peri-urban communities was closely linked to the availability of decent accommodation.
He paid glowing tribute to the District Director of Health, Mathew Ayamba Adam and the Chief of Adaklu Ahunda-Boso, Togbe Asamoah IV, for their valiant and supportive roles in the implementation of the project.
He entreated the beneficiaries of the quarters to take utmost care of it so that it would remain functional for many years.
In-charge
The Principal Physician Assistant in charge of the Adaklu Ahunda-Boso Health Centre, Francisca Edem Adraku, said the centre, established about 40 years ago, had 25 staff members, including nurses, laboratory assistants, midwives and one physician assistant.
The three-unit nurses’ quarters of the Adaklu Ahunda-Boso Health Centre.
She said the health centre had three detention beds.
Ms Adraku expressed gratitude for the nurses’ quarters, saying they had given the centre a brighter outlook.
She said the health centre had 6,011 people in its catchment area, which included Hehekpoe, Agekpo, Tevikpo, Avorkorpe, Kpordoave, Kpodzi, Xinekorpe, Fulanikorpe and other communities.
Togbe Asamoah gave an assurance that the people of Adaklu Ahunda-Boso would readily provide land for other development projects and free labour for their implementation.
Already, he said, the community had made available 10 acres in aid of plans to upgrade the health centre into a polyclinic.
