{"id":58480,"date":"2022-12-19T13:40:03","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=58480"},"modified":"2022-12-19T13:40:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T13:40:41","slug":"bantama-chps-compound-cries-for-help-to-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=58480","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Bantama CHPS compound cries for help to save lives<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Bantama Community-Based Health and Planning Services (CHPS) compound, a suburb of Dadieso in the Suaman District of the Western North Region, lacks logistics, especially, electricity to run the clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the community is fortunate to have a CHPS compound which was established first in the then western region with a stationed Principal Midwife, Staff and Community nurses but its operations are being frustrated by the non-availability of electricity and means of transportation for patient\u2019s care to ensure the occupational health safety of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A routine monitoring visit by Nyamekye Radio\u2019s news team led by appiah Kubi, however, observed that despite the difficulties being faced working under such constrained environment, the Principal Midwife at the Centre, together with her staff and Community nurses were respectively doing well with their improvised tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Osiem Florence, the assistance principal Midwife of the clinic said working under such threatening conditions was frustrating, and called on stakeholders, philanthropists, the district Assembly to come to their aid to ensure universal access to quality health care delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She reiterated and bemoaned that the facility is currently in dark for about a month due to the transformer faulty in the area which has led them to total light out, provided a wide range of halt in public health services 24-hour clinical and emergency, maternity and antenatal care, nutrition and child healthcare, as well as disease control, to clients beyond Bantama to about 10 surrounding communities, therefore urging to need enhanced support to be able to effectively operate at full capacity at the clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She explained that the situation was one of the difficult tasks she and her team had to endure on regular basis as the Centre was sited in a predominantly farming community in 2003, but lacks equipment to run the clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe poor lighting system in this community is making our work difficult, mostly at night. We have wrote letters to the district Assembly, the Volta river authority directorates, Chiefs and other stakeholders, but the result had been in vain\u201d, she cried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs. Osiem emphasized the importance of resourcing the Centre and further upgrading its infrastructure to address the growing needs of the community and its environs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? Submit them via our email\u00a0<strong><a href=\"mailto:dannyboy744@gmail.com\">dannyboy744@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0and via on +233 266777777<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bantama Community-Based Health and Planning Services (CHPS) compound, a suburb of Dadieso in the Suaman District of the Western North Region, lacks logistics, especially, electricity to run the clinic. 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