The government is to build five polyclinics in the Western Region, according to the Minister of Health, Mr Alban Sumani Bagbin. The beneficiary towns are Wassa Dunkwa, Bogoso, Nsuaem, Elubo and Mpohor.
The Minister also announced that his ministry was taking delivery of 161 state-of-the-art ambulances at the cost of �10 million. Fifty of the ambulances had already been distributed around the country and the rest would be arriving soon.
Mr Bagbin was speaking at the commissioning of the rehabilitated Axim Hospital Accident and Emergency Centre and the Ewoku CHPS compound in the Western Region. The two projects were undertaken by Kosmos Energy, an oil and gas exploration company.
He added that 23 district hospitals were receiving digital X-ray units under the Hospital Radiography Services Improvement Project while a nationwide staff housing programme was also being pursued.
As part of efforts to address the challenges of equipment, Mr Bagbin said the ministry was taking delivery of over $267million worth of medical equipment, 20 mobile clinics and related services this month under the National Medical Equipment Replacement Project.
He said the Effia-Nkwanta Hospital was benefiting from an ultrasound scanner, six-bed adult Intensive Care Unit, Dental Unit, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Labour Ward, general adult and pediatric ward equipment, operating theatre equipment and surgical instruments.
The hospital would also be provided with a number of imaging equipment and ophthalmology and ENT units.
The Health Minister commended Kosmos Energy for their investment in the health sector including the construction of a Medical River Boat to serve over 1000 people along the Abby Lagoon.
The Deputy Western Regional Minister, Madam Emelia Arthur, noted that Kosmos Energy alone contributed 25 per cent to the Jubilee Partners� joint corporate social responsibility initiatives but had undertaken a number of projects outside that partnership.
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