Tullow Ghana Limited, has constructed a maternity block for the Essikado Government Hospital to improve maternal health and delivery outcomes in the area and its environs.
It is estimated that the obstetrics and gynaecology unit within the old hospital served more than 80,000 women and 1,500 babies annually, thus the need for the new block.
[contextly_sidebar id=”DlQYBetTiVKP27j7zNgEdpxjYJnSu8wf”]The 40-bed capacity maternity block comes with a theatre, a laboratory, a pharmacy and an outpatient area.
The facility, was in response to a request by the hospital’s administration to provide maternity block to serve the increasing number of pregnant women in the vicinity.
Mr. Charles Darku, Managing Director of Tullow Ghana Limited at the inauguration of the block said access to quality healthcare delivery forms a core part of Tullow’s social investment programmes.
“Indeed, the choice of health as a key pillar is in recognition of the fact that good health is essential to sustainable economic growth.”
Mr. Darku said the facility built in partnership with Project Cure; a US based non-governmental organisation is well equipped to make it fully functional.
He said Tullow is committed to ensure that its operations positively impact the oil and gas value chain and the well-being of the communities in which it operates.
“Ultimately, it is the desire of Tullow to support a robust health system that is responsive to the health needs of Ghanaians especially in the areas of maternal and health- we believe this project will go a long way to alleviate the perennial problem of lack of maternal health care,” he added.
Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur, the Second Lady, noted that partnering with government to raise the standard of the people is important to the socio-economic development of the country.
She commended Tullow Ghana for the initiative and urged other organisations to emulate the example and presented consumables and hospital supplies to support the maternity block.
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Source: GNA