{"id":147764,"date":"2024-02-05T15:31:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/05\/teshie-camp-2-residents-fume-over-abandoned-chps-compound\/"},"modified":"2024-02-05T15:31:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T15:31:06","slug":"teshie-camp-2-residents-fume-over-abandoned-chps-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/05\/teshie-camp-2-residents-fume-over-abandoned-chps-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Teshie Camp 2 residents fume over abandoned CHPS compound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Some residents of Teshie Camp 2 in the Greater Accra Region are complaining about an abandoned Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in the community for the past 8 years.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/38f5bfaa-817a-42c2-8316-e3a0abd7cccd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The residents say the neglect of the health facility is impeding access to quality healthcare as patients are forced to seek medical attention at the LEKMA hospital, which is overwhelmed due to the demolished La General Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/036a1020-05d2-4484-8ad7-a4efeaccde6f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The residents say the government must take immediate steps to ensure the operationalization of the Teshie Camp 2 CHPS compound to enhance healthcare delivery in the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15a46add-d591-43e9-a3f5-b0e6f3c9ffb4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>A resident indicated that \u201cToday, the LEKMA hospital is choked because of the La General Hospital not in function. When you go there, someone with just a headache can be in a queue from morning to evening, and it is a worry to the Health Directorate and the Department, which we are even doing our best to add a CHIPS compound to the existing one. We have done everything to ensure that this thing comes to reality. The room is fully ready, and the equipment is ready. So what prevents us from opening this place for the people of the community? Is it that we are so wicked that we don\u2019t even think about our own brothers and sisters, and we will do politics with everything?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015864\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/15a46add-d591-43e9-a3f5-b0e6f3c9ffb4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Another noted that \u201cAt first, we have to do weighing in somebody\u2019s tailoring shop; if we need medical care, we have to go to LEKMA, and it is very far from here. The road too is not good leading to that place. This thing has been here for long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1015862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/b1a14968-8619-4f6b-8a5c-0d72f0c77390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis small clinic has been here for almost nine years now, and since the new government took over power, they have not even thought of ensuring that the place is used to ease the pressure on the LEKMA hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spam, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some residents of Teshie Camp 2 in the Greater Accra Region are complaining about an abandoned Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in the community for the past 8 years. 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