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The NDC parliamentary candidate for the Navrongo central constituency in the Upper East region, Sampson Tangombu Chiragia, has underlined the need to attract physicians to improve the provision of health services at the War Memorial Hospital in Navrongo.
Over the years, the entire Alto Oriente Region has lacked doctors and specialists to attend critical medical and surgical cases, especially in the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, which is the main referral center in the Region.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) after a health walk through the main streets of Navrongo municipality, Mr. Chiragia said that the constituency had registered traffic accidents during the period with few doctors to treat them in the hospital .
He said Navrongo was a peaceful, developed area in which doctors would be willing to stay.
“We need to motivate the doctors to stay here and work. They should be provided with good accommodation and some incentives to encourage them to stay.
“So if they can get around 80 percent of what they get in Accra, they would probably stay and work for the health sector in Navrongo to improve,” said the parliamentary candidate, who is contesting the Navrongo Central seat for the first time. time. additional.
He said the continued development of Navrongo was his priority, “It’s about Navrongo, the people and Ghana. Navrongo is bigger than any individual,
“All the projects that were started by past and current Members of Parliament for Navrongo, if you give me the go-ahead, I will complete them,” This is not about NDC, it is not about NPP, it is about the Navrongo people, “he said.
He urged supporters of all political parties to love each other and campaign peacefully for the common good of the area.
The parliamentary candidate also pleaded with NDC supporters to strengthen their campaigns in the communities, entering every household and galvanizing support for the Party, stressing that “There is no struggle, unity is all we want.”
When GNA contacted War Memorial Hospital Acting Medical Director Dr. Eric Wedam to determine the number of physicians at the facility, it revealed that there were only two physicians treating patients in all critical units at the facility. on daily.
He said that although the hospitals in the Paga, Fumbisi and Sandema districts had doctors, War Memorial Hospital sometimes received emergency referral cases, especially on weekends in these districts when their doctors were not available.
Dr. Wedam said that four doctors from the center were on leave to study and explained that when they finish their Specialist programs, returning to the region is sometimes problematic.
“They need to be in facilities where they can receive training as Specialists before they can move to the rural area, some of them do not return after their work from home,” he said.
He added that, for the facility to function comfortably, all clinical units such as the gynecology and obstetrics unit, as well as the male and female pavilions, the pediatric unit, the surgical unit, among others, must have doctors from the unit to attend to patients daily.
