The 7.5 km route to Lekma that kills pregnancies

General News of Friday, July 12, 2019

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2019-07-12

Eugenia is 8 months pregnant but her biggest concern is not work. He must use the Teshie Road to get to the LEKMA Hospital for prenatal care.

And while planning the birth of her baby, she has already prepared her plan to get to the hospital in case of labor pain.

She will still walk. She will leave early. But yes, she will always walk.

This 7.5 km road remains the saddest lack in the Teshie communities, making it the eighth largest metropolitan center in Ghana.

This road connects the areas of Teshie Lascala, Aglizaa and Manet to Spintex.

Motorists leave pedestrians at the dusty buffet while their pbadengers face disjointed and disconcerting bumps from potholes.

At the end of the day, all the players in the sentence above are worse off.

Pedestrians get infections and, with the pbadengers, they all report respiratory infections to the hospital while the drivers report their cars to the garages.

The medical records of patients at LEKMA Hospital resemble archaeological discoveries. They are covered with dust.

Medical equipment that is sensitive to dust breaks down. Oxygen plant, CT scanner, the badyzers have all degraded much faster than expected.

Food vendors need extra layers of hygienic protection over their food. But even this is useless in the waves. An elderly person who underwent surgery told Malik Daabu, editor of myjoyonline.com, that he feared to use the road whenever he had to return to the hospital. hospital for treatment.

He said that "it's very difficult because the injury is just around my manhood and my groin. And as the road is bumpy, I feel a lot of pain before coming here.

After much pressure from residents announced by the government in June 2018, construction work will resume on this road the same month. It has been a year.

Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye, Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, is frustrated when Teshie Road becomes a topic of discussion. He lamented that his advocacy for road repair accounts for 50% of his work in his riding.

Dr. Okoe Boye (right), MP for Ledzokuku, interacting with Mr. Kwesi Amoako-Atta when the Minister inspected the Teshie Link Road.
Photo credit; Daily Chart: Mr. Okoe Boye (right), MP for Ledzokuku, interacting with Mr. Kwesi Amoako-Atta when the Minister inspected the Teshie Link Road.

The doctor knows how much pregnant women have suffered on this stretch of the road. Hospital administrators have been complaining for years about miscarriages related to the bumpy road trip.

Eugenia, who has lived in Teshie for six years, knows a great deal about the story of the absence of pregnancy for some women who use this road. She says she will not take that risk.