By
Samuel Akumatey, GNA
Aveme Danyingba
(V/R), Feb. 25, GNA – Miss Theresa Kuadah, a nurse based in the United States
is appealing to health workers to handle expectant mothers with loving care,
and make childbirth less traumatic for them.
She said pregnant
women found themselves living through one of the most complicated biological
developments and would require dedicated care and attention.
Miss Kuadah made the
appeal when she donated assorted medical supplies to the Akrofu Xeviwofe Health
Centre, and the Aveme Danyigba Health Centre in the Ho West and the North Dayi
Districts respectively in the Volta Region.
She appealed to
health workers to consider the stress, pains and birth pangs of expectant
mothers, and provide for them the level of service offered in advanced regions
of the world.
“In the United
States, care seekers are the pride of the health service. Expectant mothers are
pampered throughout the fertility stage, and continue to receive apt attention
even after they deliver.
“But when I visit
some hospitals, I encounter pregnant women being reprimanded for taking seed.
It is our obligation to pamper them,” Miss Kuadah said, further advising health
workers to guide pregnant women on healthy living so they could deliver healthy
babies.
She said due to the
priority attached to the health service, lateness and absenteeism must not be
tolerated, and further advised professionals to endeavour to earn the
reputation of dedicated care givers.
“Let’s make
ourselves available to clients. There is immeasurable blessings attached to
caring for care seekers, particularly pregnant women, and passionate care would
earn you the respect of elders,” she said.
Miss Kuadah, told
the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that she was moved to support health delivery in
the Region, following her realization that most facilities lacked basic
resources.
“Whenever I
visit home, I see the many challenges our healthcare Centres face in trying to
assist patients recover from their ailments. Most of these challenges include
having simple materials, equipment and medications to assist patients, and I
want to make a difference,” she stated.
Mrs Elizabeth
Senyo-Pongo, Akropong District Director of the Ghana Audit Service, and a
cousin to the philanthropist, said a health facility was a refuge and a source
of hope for all, therefore personnel must share the plight of care seekers and
nurse them back to health.
Ms Elizabeth Dartey,
Midwife in Charge of the Akrofu Xeviwofe Centre, said pregnant women had to
travel to Ho to access laboratory services, which makes most pregnant women
decide to avoid the tests.
Nurses at both
health facilities appealed for more equipment, particularly maternal delivery
kits, including sterilizers.
The two facilities
each received blood sugar test kits, face masks, protective gears, sanitary
pads, beddings, uniforms, wound dressing materials and assorted medicines.
GNA