WVI to support Bongo Hospital with new anesthetic machine.

WVI to support Bongo Hospital with new anesthetic machine. Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Bolgatanga World Vision International's (WVI) has promised to assist the Bongo District Hospital to rebuild the surgical theater which got burnt earlier this year. The Operation Based Team Leader of WVI in charge of Upper East Region, Mrs. Benedicta Pealore disclosed this at the annual regional health sector performance review meeting of the Upper East Region at Bolgatanga. WVI as an NGO have worked for so long in the Bongo District. It recently contributed towards the supply of anesthetic equipment to the hospital but which unfortunately was among items destroyed in the January 26, 2013 inferno. According Mrs. Pealore unfortunate as the incidence was, WVI is committed to contribute in the work of the health service to deliver quality health care services to the people in the district. She said WVI is a child focus organization that is committed to the well being of children and their families adding that it seeks to work in partnership with agencies like the Ghana Heath Service to improve health of the people within its operational area. In an interview with the Daily Graphic, the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr. William Gudu said eight days after the inferno, the hospital management put a temporary mini theater in a room within the dental unit to ensure the continuous surgical services at the hospital. He said with the help of the regional health directorate which support with some surgical equipment, as well as an old anesthetic machine which was brought in from Sandema, surgical services resumed at the facility. He however noted that the improvised operating theater is not spacious enough to accommodate more staff in the min theater to assist in carrying procedures. Dr Gudu said the hospital will welcome any assistance for the construction of a new surgical theater to handle the cases that are reported at the facility. -End-