Dr. Prince Hamid Armah, the Member of Parliament for the Kwesimintsim Constituency, has presented a brand new operating bed to the Kwesimintsim Hospital. This solved the problem of the hospital not having an operating bed in their theatre.
His presentations follow a request made to his office by the hospital after the one they had collapsed a week ago.
According to the hospital, theatre operations that were put on hold are expected to resume following the donation of the theatre operating bed by Dr. Armah.
The hospital which serves hundreds of patients a day could not undertake surgeries for a week due to the breaking down of the old theatre operating bed.
Speaking at a brief ceremony to receive the item, Medical Superintendent for the hospital Dr. Simon Osei Frimpong recounted how some politicians have been paying lip service to their needs over the years, and so Dr. Armah has really shocked them with his gesture.
“We are very happy. Words cannot express how grateful we are to the MP. About a week ago, we placed a request because we had a problem in the theater; a patient was on the table when the table collapsed. So we decided to place a request.
“But as usual, we thought MP was going to play those political games with us, so we didn’t take it seriously as we’ve been experiencing with others. But true to his words, as he promised us, he’s brought this. So we are saying thank you very much to MP,” Dr. Osei-Frimpong remarked.
Dr. Osei Frimpong stated that the donation will go a long way to help Kwesimintsim take its place amongst the leading health facilities in the Western Region in terms of theatre works.
“When you talk about Kwesimintsim and theatre work, in fact, in the whole region, when you take Effia-Nkwanta out, we are the next. We do a lot of surgeries. But from the time the theatre bed collapsed, the numbers have gone down. So with this, we are going to resume the active works that we used to do to help the community. And we want to say a very big thank you to the MP for this wonderful gesture,” he added.