{"id":394860,"date":"2018-01-25T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=394860"},"modified":"2018-01-25T05:41:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T05:41:40","slug":"forgotten-chps-compound-tetegu-now-home-squatters-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=394860","title":{"rendered":"‘Forgotten’ CHPS compound at Tetegu now home to squatters [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents of Tetegu in the Weija-Gbawe Constituency in Accra, have expressed their disappointment in the Member of Parliament, Tina Mensah, who also doubles as a Deputy Health Minister over her inability to facilitate the completion of a CHPS compound in the area.<\/p>\n

The facility has been left at the mercy of the weather, and is now occupied by squatters.<\/p>\n

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The CHPS project formed part of a national strategy by the then Mahama administration to deliver essential community-based health services including health planning and service delivery within communities, with a primary focus on deprived areas.<\/p>\n

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Appointees under the Mahama administration supposedly devoted 10 percent of their salaries towards the construction of some CHPS compounds across the country.<\/p>\n

But since the inauguration of the new government, nothing has been done about the Tetegu CHPS compound and many others scattered across the country.<\/p>\n

GHc320,000 Teshie CHPS compound abandoned since 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Residents of Teshie Camp Two in the Greater Accra Region, are also yet to benefit from a Community-Based Health Planning and Services, otherwise referred to as CHPS Compound built for the community about a year and a half ago.<\/p>\n

The GHc320, 000 facility<\/a><\/strong><\/span> remains unused after it was inaugurated in 2016.<\/p>\n

Abandoned completed health projects<\/strong><\/p>\n

Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0has in the last few days exposed a number of health projects undertaken by successive governments which cost the taxpayer several millions of dollars, but have been abandoned.<\/p>\n

The major ones that have come up for mention are the\u00a0$217 million University of Ghana Medical Centre<\/strong><\/a>, the\u00a0Bank of\u00a0 Ghana Hospital<\/strong><\/a>, the solar-powered medical centre at the\u00a0Volo Digital Village<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the Volta Region, as well as the\u00a0GHc320,000 CHPS compound<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at Teshie which are all not in use.<\/p>\n

With the University of Ghana Medical Centre, although the first phase has been completed, there is a tussle between the University of Ghana and the Health Ministry, as to who to manage the facility, with government saying it needs an additional $6 million to make it operational.<\/p>\n

With regards to the Bank of Ghana Hospital, the Board is yet to take a decision on what module of management to adopt, although the facility was built in three years and largely completed in 2017.<\/p>\n

In the case of the Volo Medical Centre, health professionals are unwilling to work there due to the lack of staff accommodation as well as the location of the facility.<\/p>\n

Find below a report from the ground<\/strong><\/p>\n