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On Tuesday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented 10,000 beds and accessories to the Ministry of Health for distribution to hospitals across the country.
The presentation is part of the government’s strategy within the framework of the Infrastructure Program for the Eradication of Poverty (IPEP) to provide resources and adequately improve the existing health infrastructure in the country for effective medical care delivery.
In total, 1,500 pieces of intensive care beds with upper tables; 2,000 pieces of standard hospital beds with bedside lockers; 4,000 health center beds with lockers next to the bed; 1000 pieces of crib for children; and 1,500 pieces of birthing beds will be distributed to the 275 constituencies across the country.
In a brief ceremony at the Burma Camp Air Force Base in Accra, the president said it was disconcerting to see patients being treated in wheelchairs, in plastic chairs, and on floors due to the lack of beds in the rooms. hospitals.
Therefore, the government, determined to see an end to the no-bed syndrome in the country’s health facilities, acquired the beds.
President Akufo-Addo was optimistic that the items would effectively contribute to efficient national healthcare delivery, adding that personalized beds would maximize patient comfort.
“These beds will allow a better movement of patients, as well as the periodic change of pressure points in the body, thus improving the patient’s blood circulation while in bed,” he said.
The president urged users and hospital staff to take good care of the beds “which have had a significant cost for the taxpayer.”
He emphasized “with four more years for Nana and the PNP, we will do more for you, because we are motivated by a vision to ensure that the basic infrastructure in education, health and social services is distributed equitably throughout our nation, to provide relief and encouragement to all. the sectors of our society “.
“This is how we build a united Ghana,” he said.
The president told the meeting that the implementation of IPEP, a promise that the PNP made in the run-up to the 2016 elections to address infrastructure development and eradicate poverty in disadvantaged communities, with flagship programs such as One Village, One Damn it had begun to produce the necessary dividends. .
“One of the fruits of this policy was seen by all Ghanaians in February this year, when I ordered and distributed 307 state-of-the-art ambulances, that is, one ambulance per district, and the remaining 32 to the National Ambulance Service.”
“So far, these ambulances, the president said,” have been of immense help in ensuring an effective system of emergency medical services (EMS) and improving our country’s emergency response capabilities, “he said.
The president revealed that the Ministry of Special Development Initiatives, which was implementing the IPEP, together with the Development Authorities of the Coast, the Middle Belt and the North had undertaken important projects throughout the country.
These institutions, he said, had so far been in charge of building 1,000 community water systems; 1,000 public and institutional toilets; 50 warehouses for prefabricated cereals; 560 small earth dams; 50 rural and peri-urban markets; 26 clinics with bungalows for medical personnel; and 5,014 specific district projects.
Source: GNA
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