BY: Benjamin Owusu | Voltaonlinegh.com |

The St. Joseph Hospital in the Nkwanta South Municipality in the Oti Region has commissioned an Ultra-Modern Neonatal Intensive Care unit (NICU) facility to improve healthcare delivery in the area.

The facility is equipped with incubators, beds, central oxygen, patient’s monitors, infusion pump, flow meters, nasal cannula and other essential health equipment to facilitate work at the unit.

Speaking at the event, Rev. Sister Georgina Quayson, the hospital administrator expressed gratitude to Rotary Board in Germany and other international bodies as well as local Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and the nursing communities for their contribution towards the construction of the GH 567,853.0.08 worth facility.

She also indicated that the facility being the first of in the region will help address the neonatal challenges among babies born pre-term and other critical health situation in the area, however, she appealed to other philanthropists and organisations to support the facility with vehicle and other logistics to enable them function properly.

Dr. Francis Gokah also thanked the sponsors for the facility, noting it will help the emergency situations in the area and advised residents to visit the facility regularly to check their health in spite of the spark in Covid-19 pandemic.

Nana Amoah Boafo II of Nkwanta-Adele commend the hospital management for their efforts to put such infrastructure in the area and prayed the facility will help improve Neonatal and other emergency cases as patients may no longer travel long distance to access healthcare.

He further pleaded with the staff to take care of the new facility to server its intended purpose.

Moreover, the nurse in charge of the centre, Rev. Sister Lydia Yeboah and other staff acknowledged the facility will improve Neonatal care and further assured all to work to improve the health conditions of the people in the community.

Source: www.voltaonlinegh.com