The Member of Parliament for the Essikado-Ketan Constituency, Honourable Joe Ghartey has cut sod for the construction of a CHPS cpmpound at Anoe, a rural community within the Kojokrom Traditional Area.
Anoe, a rural community within the Kojokrom Traditional Area, has for decades been without a decent health post to attend to their health. Community Health attendants/nurses have had to use the old palace as a health center but due to the deplorable nature of the structure, have had to move to the Kojokrom township to offer their service. This had brought undue hardship on residents, especially pregnant women and nursing mothers as they have had to commute from the township to Kojokrom to seek medical care.
Member of Parliament for the area, Joe Ghartey learning of their plight has committed personal resources to begin the construction of a befitting structure to serve as a health post. He explained that some financing is being secured as well under his allocation of the National Health Insurance Fund to sponsor the project.
“Yes, every constituency has an allocation of the National Health Insurance Fund, but it doesn’t come into your pocket… it goes to the Metro Health Director and you will have to write and when they approve they spend…its a long process and we can’t wait for that. So I am using the little money I have to start and hopefully if the NHIS money is made available we continue with it, if it doesn’t we will still do it”, he disclosed.
Hon. Joe Ghartey mentioned that the project will start tomorrow and its expected to be completed by November this year.
