The Anoe community, all things being equal, will have a fully furnished Community Health Post (CHPs) in the next six months to serve the health needs of residents. This great news which was received with excitement from stakeholders, is being made possible by the Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan, Joe Ghartey.
Anoe, a rural community within the Kojokrom Traditional Area, has for decades been without a decent health post to attend to their health. Community Health attendants/nurses have had to use the old palace as a health center but due to the deplorable nature of the structure, have had to move to the Kojokrom township to offer their service. This had brought undue hardship on residents, especially pregnant women and nursing mothers as they have had to commute from the township to Kojokrom to seek medical care.
Member of Parliament for the area, Joe Ghartey learning of their plight has committed personal resources to begin the construction of a befitting structure to serve as a health post. He explained that some financing is being secured as well under his allocation of the National Health Insurance Fund to sponsor the project.
“Yes, every constituency has an allocation of the National Health Insurance Fund, but it doesn’t come into your pocket… it goes to the Metro Health Director and you will have to write and when they approve they spend…its a long process and we can’t wait for that. So I am using the little money I have to start and hopefully if the NHIS money is made available we continue with it, if it doesn’t we will still do it” he disclosed.
Hon. Joe Ghartey mentioned that the project will start tomorrow and its expected to be completed by November this year.
Nurse In-charge of the Anoe CHPs, Hannah Yeboah who was very much excited about the intervention, said the community is highly expectant of such a facility. She revealed that their absence in the community has affected the health of residents, especially women and teenagers.
She mentioned that health personnel have had to resort to community visits to attend to their patients. Madam Yeboah added that teenage pregnancies and maternal health complications have become a major issue to the community, and thus prayed the facility is completed soon for use.