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To help ease the burden and the frustrations that residents especially unwell go through in some of the deprived communities in Ayensuano to access health care, the Ayensuano District Assembly has through their IGF constructed and commissioned Four New CHPS Compounds for the tesidents in Four Communities which were in such challenge of accessing health care.

Over the years, such communities had not Health Center to address their health problems but must travel miles to Suhum, or Asamankese or the main district capital, Coalter to access medical care. Some of the communities that are fortunate to have a medical centers are also occupying dilapidated structures not resourced well.

The situation discourage the unwell residents who are basically Farmers to travel to other urban communities to access health care.

The unfortunate and worrying situation wasn't the best and worsened the health cases and at the end, lives are lost.

This unfortunate situation compelled the Ayensuano District Assembly to act immediately to provide CHPS Compounds for the communities with such challenges.

The beneficiary communities are Asuboi, Sowatey, Kuano, and Anum Apapam. Each of the CHPS compound has also been given borehole to provide 24hrs constant water supply to the facilities.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Four Projects, the DCE for the District, Hon. Josephine Ansah Awuku Nkoom said the projects were awarded in 2021 with six months period but for some reasons and few challenges it needed to extend to this period.
She however urged the personnels in charge of the facilities, chiefs , Assembly members and all Ghanaians to inculcate the habit of maintenance culture so as to ensure longevity of the projects.

She said the assembly will put measures in place to resource the area council offices so that revenues that come to the council can be used for rehabilitation works on government projects within their areas to ensure that such projects and properties are well maintained.

She also hinted that the Ayensuano district haven benefited from the president's agenda 111, which very soon the contractor will come to site and begin the construction of the Ayensuano district hospital saying the district hospital when constructed will save the district from transferring emergency cases to Suhum and Nsawam.

She finally said one of the projects was funded by the district assembly common fund and the three others were funded by the District Performance Assessment Tool "DiPAT" and was awarded to Misun ventures company limited.

Mrs. Esther Oku Afari the Ayensuano district health director also on her part, expressed her joy and thanked the DCE and the government for providing ultra modern chip compounds for the Ayensuano district urging that the district assembly should continue to support the health sector in the district.

She said , initially due to the condition of the already existing CHPS compounds in the communities, even admission of patients was very difficult since there were not enough spaces to detained or admit the sick persons, and also they were not able to admit pregnants women on delivery but now that they have been handed over a fully furnished chip compounds with enough spaces , the facility will now be able to admit many people without any challenges.

The MP for constituency Hon. Nana Yaw Tedi on his part thanked the president and the district chief executive for the area for honouring the Ayensuano district with such health projects because health issues has been the major problem in the district.

He promised that he will continue to collaborate and work closely with the DCE and lobby for developmental projects for the Ayensuano constituency.

He added that, as MP for the area he is in full support of the government's agenda 111 since parliament just approved a loan for the construction of the Ayensuano district hospital which is part of the agenda 111.