The lack of medical equipment at the Kanania Community-based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compound in the Kassena-Nankana West District is having serious repercussions on healthcare delivery.
The CHPS compound serving an estimated 2,000 residents is faced with the lack of basic medical equipment such as thermometers, BP apparatuses, delivery beds, resuscitation kits, among others.
Additionally, the facility’s structure is in a deteriorating state due to the lack of a facelift.
Sara Apokerah, the midwife at the facility, who doubles as the in-charge, speaking at the sod cutting of a six-unit classroom block for Kanania primary school by the National Union of Ghana Students, said due to the difficulties the facility is unable to provide critical health services to clients, especially pregnant women.
She said important facilities such as delivery beds which are needed to support pregnant women go through labour safely are not in the CHPS compound.
“In terms of delivery facilities, things should be there to help me carry out my work without any problem are not there. I don’t have other important things like BP apparatus. I don’t have thermometers, resuscitation kits and other important equipment.”
She, however, said major successes have been achieved in child delivery in the face of all the challenges. She noted that the facility will continue to prioritise the wellbeing of residents by providing good health care services.
She appealed to corporate Ghana and especially the government through the Kassena-Nankana West District Assembly to take urgent steps to improve conditions at the Kanania CHPS compound to enable residents have access to critical health services.
“Even though there are problems since I came here one and half year ago, we have been able to deliver a lot of babies without complications. I, therefore, wish to appeal to the district assembly and government to come and help us. They should come and improve the conditions at the facility so that we will be able to carry out our work without problems,” the mid-wife appealed.
Face-lift
The assemblyman for the area, Ayiwuuri Rockson Achobah, Kanania, decried the deplorable state of the CHPS and called for urgent efforts to renovate it.
He said since the construction of the facility, there has been no facelift leading to its deterioration.
Ayiwuuri noted that the location of the CHPS has made it a preferred health facility for residents from adjoining communities which called for it to be upgraded and improved to enable it serve the health needs of the teeming numners.
He said the Kanania community which has always come out with initiatives to support the CHPS compound will continue in their efforts to make health care services accessible to residents.
“When I came to power, i thought it wise that we needed a midwife, so we raised a temporary structure for the midwife and now she is delivering and she is doing well. Since she came, we have not recorded an incident of bad delivery.”
“The major problem however has to do with the building. It needs a facelift. When that is done, it will help Kanania and other communities because if not this one (CHPS) there is no any CHPS from here to Chiana Town.”
Senyalah Castro
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