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President Nana Akufo-Addo presented 10,000 hospital beds on Tuesday, within the framework of the Infrastructure Program for the Eradication of Poverty (IPEP), which will be distributed to hospitals throughout the country.
According to him, it is always disconcerting to see patients being treated in wheelchairs, in plastic chairs and even on the floors due to the lack of beds.
“The government’s determination to see the end of this no-bed syndrome has resulted in the decision to purchase these hospital beds and their associated accessories for distribution throughout the country, to increase the existing figures in the country,” said the president. .
To this end, he stated that “in total, 1,500 pieces of critical care beds with lifting tables; 2,000 pieces of standard hospital beds with bedside lockers; 4,000 beds for health centers with lockers next to the bed; 1000 pieces of crib for children; and 1,500 delivery beds have been purchased ”.
At the ceremony held at the Burma camp, where the beds are housed, President Akufo-Addo stated that the beds, which will be distributed among the two hundred and seventy-five districts, are adjustable for better positioning of the head and feet of the patient. .
He told attendees that these beds will allow for better movement of patients, as well as the periodic change of pressure points on the body, thus improving the patient’s blood circulation while in bed, adding that “they maximize the comfort for patients who will use them for long periods of time, and their customizable features will make it easy to adjust specific parts of the bed. “
While urging users and hospital staff to take good care of these beds, which have had a significant cost to the taxpayer, President Akufo-Addo emphasized that “with four more years for Nana and the nuclear power plant, we will do more for you. , because they are motivated by a vision to ensure that the basic infrastructure in education, health and social services is distributed equitably throughout our nation, to bring relief and encouragement to all sectors of our society. This is how we build a united Ghana. “
IPEP
It will be recalled that, in the run-up to the December 2016 elections, the implementation of the IPEP was a campaign promise of the New Patriotic Party.
This pledge consisted of providing each of the 275 electoral districts with the CDI equivalent of US $ 1 million to address issues related to infrastructure development and poverty eradication in rural and disadvantaged communities.
In fact, the implementation of the program began with the launch of the One-District-One-Warehouse component in Ejura, in the Ashanti region, followed by the inauguration of the One-Village-One-Dam program in Kuuyoukou in Lawra, in the Upper West Region.
“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,” he added.
So far, these ambulances, the president indicated, have been of immense help in ensuring an effective emergency medical services (EMS) system and improving our country’s emergency response capabilities.
The Ministry of Special Development Initiatives, which is implementing the IPEP, together with the Development Authorities of the Coast, the Middle Belt and the North, have so far been responsible for the construction of 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.
