The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Krachi East, Safo Nketia, has announced a significant decline in typhoid cases across the municipality, attributing the improvement to swift government interventions.
Speaking to Citi News, Mr. Nketia said the area had witnessed progress in containing the outbreak following the deployment of medical officers from Accra and Kumasi to support local health workers.
He further disclosed that the municipality’s health centre has, for the first time, been assigned a medical doctor.
“With the typhoid, I think we want to appreciate the government for their quick response when the news broke out. As a result of the response, today we have a medical doctor for the health centre facility,” he said.
However, the MCE expressed concern over the lack of a hospital facility in the Krachi East Municipality, noting that it remains the only municipality among the newly created regions without a hospital.
“The most important thing that is still troubling is to have a hospital in the municipality. Now, I think Krachi East is the only one in the whole of the regions created, and that Dambai is the only regional capital without a hospital,” he lamented.
Mr. Nketia also appealed for the establishment of a water treatment plant to ensure access to safe drinking water, stressing that many residents rely on unsafe sources.
“We also don’t have any proper water system for our people. Meanwhile, we have a very big lake here. So, we still call on corporate bodies, individuals, whoever can help us to get a water system, a very treated water system. We have some boreholes and other wells and stuff that people draw water from. But these sources are still not safe for our people. When we have a mechanised system or a treated system for our people, that will seriously help,” he explained.
The MCE said the assembly, in collaboration with the regional sanitation task force, is carrying out community sensitisation and clean-up exercises to sustain hygiene improvements.
“We are ditching our gutters, we are doing Operation Clean Your Frontage and all stuff. But these are just a few things that would sustain the situation for a while, but it can’t eradicate them. So, we still appeal that we get our water treated, get a hospital, and bring some of the situation down,” he appealed