The Gbeo CHPS compound
Healthcare has been put on hold at
the Gbeo CHPS compound in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region.
This is due to the lack of drugs and
basic equipment needed for proper healthcare delivery.
The lack of basic medicine and
equipment at the facility has forced residents of the community to travel some
seven kilometres from Gbeo to the Upper East Region in search of healthcare.
The facility, which has been in
existence for over 10 years, has not seen any facelift since its construction.
This has left the structure in a
deplorable state.
A nurse stationed at the CHPS
compound at Gbeo, who spoke to DAILY
GUIDE, revealed that even paracetamol and gloves cannot be found in the
CHIPS compound.
“We don’t have the logistics and
what it takes to deliver health to the residents,” he indicated.
The nurse explained that a letter
was written to the health directorate in the municipality for renovation of the
CHPS compound but to no avail.
Residents told DAILY GUIDE that the facility is not serving its purpose.
According to them, they were happy
when the facility was built and were expectant that it would solve their health
problems, but the opposite is what they are witnessing.
The West Mamprusi Municipal Chief
Executive(MCE), Abu Mohammed, in an interview with DAILY GUIDE, said most CHPS compounds in the municipality are not
accredited with NHIS and that the assembly had released funds for the municipal
director of health to accredit such facilities.
He indicated that the assembly was working hard to ensure that health delivery becomes effective in the municipality.
FROM Eric Kombat, Gbeo
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