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| From left to right: Mrs Abi Kyeremanteng and Mrs Sonia Antwi assisting Dr Kwabena Opoku-Adusei to cut the tape to officially inaugurate the renovated female medical ward |
As part of efforts to improve healthcare delivery at the Tema General Hospital, the Women Empowerment Foundation International (WEFI), a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has renovated and adopted the female medical ward of the facility.The project involved major renovation works, including re-roofing of the ward, changing of the ceiling boards, fixing and changing of bathroom and toilet facilities, painting of the ward, plumbing works, re-netting of the entire female medical ward, provision of notice boards among other installations.
WEFI also donated assorted hospital equipment as well as bedspreads, curtains, wheelchairs, patient gowns, hand gloves, nose masks, suction machines, scanners and walking aides to the facility. The entire project was estimated at about GH¢ 80,000.
The female medical ward, like many other units at the Tema General Hospital, a major referral hospital in the industrial city, has barely undergone any major facelift in the past years, a situation which has impeded healthcare delivery at the facility.
Charity works
The Founder of WEFI, Mrs Sonia Antwi, said the group was founded in 2009 as a charity organisation with the aim of providing support to the vulnerable in society.
She also said WEFI had undertaken similar projects at the Korle Bu, 37 Military and Komfo Anokye teaching hospitals.
Additionally, she said WEFI had granted educational scholarships to needy, brilliant students who were pursuing courses at the University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and University of Cape Coast, while a number of young persons were being assisted to pursue technical and vocational education by the group.
Tema deserves modern hospital
The Medical Director of the Tema General Hospital, Dr Kwabena Opoku Adusei, commended WEFI for their support for the ward emphasising that it would help to bring relief to patients.
He appealed to corporate Tema to come to the aid of the facility since it was the only referral hospital for the whole metropolis with a population of about 900,000 and other neighbouring communities.
Dr Opoku-Adusei renewed his appeal to the central government to provide Tema with a modern hospital, stressing that the current state of the facility coupled with the outmoded infrastructure could not meet the health needs of the metropolis.
“Though the members of staff are doing their best, the lack of infrastructure is a major challenge. To solve the problem, we need a proper modern hospital,” he said.
Writer’s email: Benjamin.glover@graphic.com.gh
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