{"id":325601,"date":"2017-06-05T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=325601"},"modified":"2017-06-05T13:00:02","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T13:00:02","slug":"ngo-constructs-health-centre-for-sunyani-west-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/ngo-constructs-health-centre-for-sunyani-west-district\/","title":{"rendered":"NGO constructs health centre for Sunyani West district"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Heart for Children Foundation Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has constructed Community-based Health Planning Service compounds worth GH\u00a2 170,000 in three communities in the Sunyani West District.<\/p>\n
The communities are Aduonya, Kwabena-Kumah and Adaiboriso.<\/p>\n
It has also presented medical devices and equipment valued at GH\u00a2 50,000 to the District Directorate of Health to be distributed to health centres and clinics in the area.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”036xQ5S8CtwG7Cv1R7qHVvsTtlVK9w1F”]The items comprise BP apparatus, thermometers, syringes, baby washers, wheel chairs, gloves, electronic surgery beds, and several devices.<\/p>\n
Mr Solomon Boateng, a philanthropist and the Director of the Foundation, which operates an orphanage home, said good health and quality education are essential to nation building.<\/p>\n
He said his NGO has constructed classroom blocks and renovated several other structures in different communities.<\/p>\n
In addition, he said, many local communities have also benefited from mechanised boreholes.<\/p>\n
Mr Boateng said very soon the NGO would construct modern disabled care centre at Nsoatre to provide skills training to people with disabilities in the area.<\/p>\n
He appealed to the Nsoatre Traditional Council to provide the NGO with land for the project to begin.<\/p>\n
Mrs Eva Aryee, the Sunyani West District Director of Health, receiving the items, thanked the Foundation for the gesture saying they would be used for the stated purpose.<\/p>\n
She urged the public to promote environmental cleanliness to control the outbreak of communicable diseases.<\/p>\n
Mrs Aryee also advised pregnant women to attend antenatal clinics at regular intervals and also sleep under mosquito treated nets.<\/p>\n
Mr Martin Obeng, the Sunyani West District Chief Executive, appealed to the NGO to support the district in its effort to build a hospital.<\/p>\n
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GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Heart for Children Foundation Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, has constructed Community-based Health Planning Service compounds worth GH\u00a2 170,000 in three communities in the Sunyani West District. The communities are Aduonya, Kwabena-Kumah and Adaiboriso. It has also presented medical devices and equipment valued at GH\u00a2 50,000 to the District Directorate of Health to be distributed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[4365,3,7843],"yoast_head":"\n