The Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) wants government to ensure the timely release of funds to health centers in the three regions of the North.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”7cj4YGoYRNgXDCaVAvfzwxcSKwQMqjw4″]This, according to ISODEC, will curb the high rise in preventable deaths being recorded in that part of the country.<\/p>\n
According to ISODEC, Government\u2019s 2014 budgetary allocation for the health services delayed.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong>, the Director of Programmes at ISODEC, Yakubu Zakaria stressed that health service delivery in these critical areas will grind to a halt if the trend continues this year.<\/p>\n As of December 2014, funds for over 90 percent of district hospitals had not been paid.<\/p>\n He noted that many people are dying due to the delay in the provision of essential resources.<\/p>\n \u201cThe delay is impacting negatively and affecting health service delivery in the Northern and Upper regions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mr. Zakaria mentioned that most District hospitals have not received any funding and \u201cif you go to the rural areas, the basics like soap for washing hands, detergents are lacking.\u201d<\/p>\n He observed that the situation is making the various health centers \u201ca danger to the health seeker.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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