News:
January 9, 2012
The Member of Parliament for Sekyere South, Hennric Yeboah, has donated three ambulances to the Agona Government Hospital, Beposo Health Centre and Seventh – Day Adventist Hospital all in the Afigya Sekyere District.
The vehicles valued GHC58, 000, were funded from the MP’s share of the Common Fund and National Health Insurance Fund.
Mr Yeboah during the presentation stated that the vehicles were his contribution to ensuring the promotion of quality health care in the rural communities, would enable the three beneficiary institutions to respond promptly to emergencies.
He encouraged the management of the benefiary health facilities to take proper care of the vehicles to prolong their life span.
The MP used the occasion to hand over a GHC 148,000 maternity block and four –unit nurses bungalows he funded to the hospital authorities.
Dr Lamech Addo, District Director of Health Services, thanked the MP for the gesture.
In a related development, Mr Yeboah presented training tools and equipment to some vocational training institutions and Junior High Schools in the constituency at Wiamoase for the training of the youth in various skills to enable them to become self- employed and self –reliant.
The items included 50 sewing machines, 50 hairdryers and 30 desktop computers, are to enhance the teaching of Information and Communication Technology.
He pledged to support the growth and promotion of small medium enterprises in the district and urged the beneficiaries to put the items to good use.
Source: Ghanaian Times