News:
July 24, 2013
Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwa will this weekend register about 2,000 elderly persons of age fifty years and above, onto the National Health Insurance Scheme.
The MP will do so with support from Eden Micro Finance Company which has bought into the benevolent gesture of the law maker in insuring that his people have access to quality health care.
Speaking to Ghanamps.gov.gh, Hon. Collins Owusu Amankwa said he has realized that there are several elderly persons in the constituency who due to the fact that they do not have money find it difficult to access healthcare, hence his support in this regard.
He stated that the health needs of his constituents are issues very dear to his heart and that he would stop at nothing to ensure that their health needs are adequately served, adding that a healthy people is recipe for development.
Hon. Hon. Collins Owusu Amankwa disclosed that the registration exercise will start after a cleanup exercise which would be organized in the morning at Tafo and Krofuom to clear the place of filth has ended.
He said the cleanup campaign would be regularly held to ensure that the constituency is clean and prevent the occurrence of diseases.
Kwadwo Anim/Ghanamps.gov.gh