{"id":466396,"date":"2018-02-21T21:03:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T21:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/21\/cocoa-clinic-needs-redevelopment-cocobod-chairman\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T21:03:26","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T21:03:26","slug":"cocoa-clinic-needs-redevelopment-cocobod-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/21\/cocoa-clinic-needs-redevelopment-cocobod-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocoa Clinic needs redevelopment \u2013 Cocobod Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 21 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/87161069.295.jpg\" alt=\"Hackman Owusu AgyemangCOCOBOD\" title=\"Hackman Owusu AgyemangCOCOBOD\" width=\"295\" height=\"235\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Board Chairman of Ghana Cocoa Board, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519247006_671_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Board Chairman of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, has called for a total redevelopment of the Cocoa Clinic headquarters in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>This call came after he and members of the Cocobod paid a courtesy call on the management and staff of the Cocoa Clinic in Accra, Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Briefing the media after a quick tour of the health center, the former New Juabeng North MP said their visit was to have a \u2018first-hand\u2019 information on things happening at the clinic, understand their challenges and how the clinic can develop a quality healthcare to the people.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the cocoa clinic needs to be modernized to enable the clinic give their client quality health service.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cthe board has taken notice of their challenges and they will do everything in their power to solve it\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hospital serves a lot of communities within the catchment area, therefore the board will try and lift the image of the clinic to become a center of excellence in terms of providing quality healthcare to the people\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEventually, what we have to do is completely redesign the clinic, make it modern and bring in private enterprise to make things work,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MK6jZsKNOfo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On his part, the Director of Health at Cocoa Clinic, Dr Jerry Owusu Ansah said the major problem of the clinic is congestion. <\/p>\n<p>Due to this he said, the clinic is unable to introduce other services to help serve the public better. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome patients normally complain that the processes at the hospital take a lot of their time; something which frustrates them&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Owusu Ansah added that their appeal to the management to help expand the hospital&#8217;s facilities has been approved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expansion of the facility will improve the quality of service drastically\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UjrUkBKpRjI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 72 updated by: 72 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2018-02-21 play videoBoard Chairman of Ghana Cocoa Board, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman The Board Chairman of Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, has called for a total redevelopment of the Cocoa Clinic headquarters in Accra. 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