Veep launches second Medical Outreach Services in Cape Coast

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 “Onuado”, 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 servi