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Afedzi Abdullah, RNG
Abura Dukwa (C / R), April 16, GNA – Lack of
doctors impedes the quality of care provided in the country.
District Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) of Central Region.
The more than 128,000 inhabitants of Abura-Dunkwa
The district hospital recruitment area is served by only two doctors
doctors.
This leaves the doctor-patient ratio of one
doctor to 64,000 people unfortunately lower than the internationally accepted ratio of
we are at 6000 people.
Dr. Michael Danso, the medical superintendent
at the hospital who made it known that said the situation made him extremely
difficult to manage the large number of patients visiting the center.
Talk to a social audit program
organized by the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), he expressed
worry that many residents are seeking medical care outside the district
Therefore.
According to Dr. Danso, the hospital needed
no less than five doctors, but can only boast two, one of which soon
leave for other studies.
He emphasized that the delivery of health care was a
highly qualified technical field that needed to be addressed by specialists
professionals and that in situations where they were non-existent or
inadequate quality may be compromised.
"As things stand, quality can not be guaranteed,"
Dr Danso lamented and urged stakeholders to do everything in their power to contribute to change.
The narrator.
Ms. Gifty Ankrah, AAK District Director of
the Ghana Health Service (GHS) stated that the situation was largely due to the fact that
doctors refused badignments in the Region, adding that of the thirteen
doctors stationed in the Region in 2018, only one reported that many preferred
Accra, Kumasi and Tamale.
Ms. Ellen Osei, AAK District Director
NCCE urged citizens to keep public officers and community leaders on
their toes by demanding accountability while ensuring that projects are
executed in their communities were completed.
She noted that as part of the social audit, citizens
The mandate was to evaluate the performance of public policies, programs and programs
projects to influence the outcome of the process and its impact
compared to the corresponding budget allocation.
The 1992 constitution set out the principles of the citizen
civic duty to demand credible performance from elected officials or
appointed and encouraged to take an active part in holding leaders
responsible.
Ms. Osei said that if citizens were continually baderting
their rights and demand of their duty economic efficiency and effectiveness
carriers, they would become more responsive, responsive and performance-oriented
and focus on delivery.
Mr. David Asiedu, AAK District Director of
education said despite efforts to increase girls' enrollment especially at the
secondary level, it continued to decline in the district.
He encouraged parents to play their
the respective roles to complement the government's efforts to bring all children
educated.
Officials of the Commission on Human Rights
and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Welfare, Ghana Tax Authority
(GRA), NADMO, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and the Department of
Agriculture has been relayed to educate citizens in their activities.
GNA
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