By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA
Asuboa (Ash), Jan. 08, GNA – Asuboa, a
farming community in the Asante-Akim South Municipality, is showing the way on
how embarking on self-help initiatives can bring enormous benefits and improve
the living conditions of those in rural communities.
Determined to eliminate the struggles the
people had to go through in accessing healthcare outside the community, Asuboa
has built its own clinic funded through a series of fund raising activities.
Added to this, a laboratory facility and a
nurses quarters to aid proper diagnosis for a holistic, one stop quality care,
as well as provide accommodation for
health staff posted there is under construction and has reached the window
stage.
Continuous referrals of patients to Juaso
for laboratory tests, necessitated the construction of the laboratory.
The expectation is that the two projects
when completed, would make the facility a preferred choice for most surrounding
communities who still travel to Juaso due to lack of a laboratory.
Before the construction of the facility two
years ago, residents including pregnant women had to travel to sister
communities like Juaso, Bompata or Nnadieso to access healthcare.
The inconvenience and discomforts those in
need of medical care had to go through due to the bad road coupled with the
high cost involved in travelling to seek medical attention elsewhere, compelled
the people to establish their own clinic to ensure easy access to
healthcare.
Led by the Paramount Chief, Nana Kwaku Ofori
II, the community set up the Asuboa Development Committee to spearhead the
construction of the clinic in 2017.
Within a year, the facility was completed
and is already functional with health workers posted by the Municipal Health
Directorate currently serving the community.
Apart from a quantity of cement donated by
the Municipal Assembly to support the project, the community virtually built
the clinic on their own.
Consequently, the Asuboa Development
Committee has organized another fund raising activity towards the completion of
the nurses’ quarters and the laboratory.
Nana Wiredu Takyi, Chairman of the
Committee, said it was imperative to complete the two projects to enable it
serve its primary purpose.
He said the people of Asuboa were committed
to addressing their health needs with high communal spirit towards the
projects.
Nana Takyi called on the citizens from the
community both home and abroad to support the initiative, adding that, it would
inure to the benefit of their own people.
Baffour Kwaku Ofori commended the people for
embracing the initiative and participating in the communal labour, as good
citizens.
He charged them to do more to ensure the
completion of the two projects.
Mr. Alexander Frimpong, the Municipal Chief
Executive (MCE), applauded the people for the initiative which, he said, was
the way to go as a people to achieve the development goals.
He said Asuboa stands tall among the over
100 communities in the Municipalities in terms of initiating self-help and
wished that more communities would emulate them to accelerate development.
The MCE announced that he together with the
Member of Parliament (MP), Mr. Kwaku Asante-Boateng would support the project
with 100 bags of cement, eight packets of roofing sheets and two tons of iron
rods.
GNA
