The nine government ambulances at UWR are immobilized – Minister

Jirapa, (U / W), August 3, GNA – Dr. Hafiz Bin
Salih, Upper West Regional Minister, revealed that the nine governments
ambulances that meet the health needs of the region's inhabitants are currently
grounded.

The regional minister who described the
sad, said that he made contact with the general manager of the company
Ghana N. Ambulance, Professor Ahmed N. Zakariah, who badured him that four
ambulances would be restored in this month to help manage the
situation.

Dr. Bin Salih who revealed this during the
Jirapa municipal edition of the press meeting initiative, said to share
that, they were also waiting for the government to distribute the Mercedes Benz
Ambulances imported under the brand name "A constituency, an ambulance"
project.

The regional minister also used the
possibility of clarifying certain misconceptions about the system "A district, a factory"
(1D1F), claiming it was a private sector led initiative.

"What the government does is support and
facilitate the access of private investors to the funds, "he added.

Dr. Bin Salih revealed that eight factories
were approved for the region of which three would be located in the municipality of Wa, two
in West Sissala and one in Lawra Municipal, Nandom and East Sissala
Districts.

On the poor educational performance in the
Dr. Bin Salih suggested that the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC)
soon a stakeholder conference to discuss the issue of indiscipline and
poor performance at primary and secondary levels to come
with the way forward to meet the challenge.

The regional minister stated that the Ministry of
Roads and Highways had approved the creation by the Department of Urban Roads
carry out road projects within the municipality in order to give it a
facelift.

Florence Ansongmwini, the Jirapa
The City Manager of Health Services said that four out of six doctors in the
Jirapa St. Joseph Hospital was on study leave.

She said even though the last two
the doctors worked hard, the hospital served as a reference center, from where
received an overwhelming number of patients, making it difficult for both
manage.

This, she said, had resulted in patients
wait longer in the queues, resulting in a loss of control
patients who would self-medicate to avoid delays at the hospital.

Despite the challenge, the municipality had
no recorded maternal deaths in the last two years; an exploit madam
Ansongmwini said was commendable.

GNA