News:
May 21, 2019
Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Member of Parliament for Nadowli/Kaleo Alban S. K Bagbin on Thursday paid a working visit to some selected health facilities in his constituency.
He started from the Nadowli/Kaleo District Hospital, where he met and interacted with staff and management of the hospital.
After interacting and listening to their concerns and challenges, recommendations and commendations, he took a tour of the various units of the hospital to familiarize himself with the condition of the facility.
Mr. Bagbin promised to continue his support to the hospital, intimating that education and health have been his main focus ever since he took the mandate of leadership.
Reflecting on how far healthcare promotion have come, he clearly narrated how people used to wake him up at night to take patients to as far as Jirapa hospital to seek medical care. And further added how poor the Nadowli hospital was when he first took over as MP, and pointed out how they used to mix potash with muddy pond water before it could be used in the hospital.
He promise to contribute to the welfare scheme of the workers to motivate them to do more and further thanked the staff for the sacrifices they made to make the hospital a place of choice for health care delivery.
The Second Deputy Speakers also inspected the Charikpong clinic which is undergoing renovation works on two nurses’ quarters, and was happy work has far advance and assured the nurses and the assigned physician assistant of they soon getting convenient place to stay.
Due to lack of a physician assistant and some basic things, the Charikpong clinic which the MP was assisting to be converted to a polyclinic was recently downgraded by government.
Mr. Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin released some funds for the renovation of the two nurses’ bungalows and further inspected extended construction works ongoing at the clinic and promise them motor bike to assist their work.
The next visit took the Nadowli/ Kaleo lawmaker to Jang where he interacted with staffs and inspected various units of hospital.
In addition, he highly commended the in-charge for how well he organized the facility and promised to do his bit to uplift the facility to the status of a polyclinic and get them a refrigerator and a desktop computer.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com