Residents of Kwadwo Addaikrom, a farming community in the Asunafo North Municipality of Ghana’s Ahafo Region, are grappling with healthcare challenges exacerbated by the state of their Community-based Health Planning Service (CHPS) compound. With a population exceeding 4,500, the community lacks essential medical equipment and facilities, prompting local leaders to appeal for urgent governmental intervention. During a recent media briefing, Chief Nana Kofi Anane highlighted the community’s plight, emphasizing the midwife’s resourcefulness in converting her room into a labour ward.
This makeshift solution underscores the critical need for a dedicated maternity ward to enhance maternal care and alleviate the stress pregnant women endure during childbirth. Constructed in 2004, the CHPS compound has languished without substantial renovations or updates for over two decades, leaving it with outdated medical devices. Despite Chief Nana Anane’s personal efforts to establish basic amenities like an Outpatient Department (OPD) and a newborn weighing centre, challenges persist due to insufficient residential accommodation for healthcare workers and inadequate restroom facilities for patients.
Assemblyman Abraham Kwabena Seipela echoed community concerns, urging NGOs, corporations, and religious organizations to support efforts to improve healthcare infrastructure in Kwadwo Addaikrom. He stressed the urgent need for expanding and rehabilitating the CHPS compound to adequately ca.