Herbalist builds health centre for Adaklu-Abuadi
A herbalist, Mr Geoffrey Kwasi Gosu, last Thursday handed over a fully equipped health centre and nurses’ quarters to the chiefs and people of Adaklu-Abuadi.
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The health centre was built at a cost of GH¢350,000.
The facility comprises an out-patient-department, a dispensary, a laboratory, consulting rooms, male and female wards, a maternity ward, a delivery room, a children’s ward and a family planning unit, and would be managed by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
Mr Gosu, a citizen of Adaklu-Abuadi, handing over the facility, said he was moved by the plight of pregnant women and people bitten by snakes who had to struggle to get to Ho for medical attention.
He was grateful to families who donated land for the project, and advised young people in the community to engage in viable and useful ventures.
Expression of gratitude
The Paramount Chief of Adaklu Traditional Area, Togbe Gbogbi Atsa V, expressed gratitude to Mr Gosu, and urged other indigenes to emulate him.
He was happy that his subjects would no longer have to endure pain and anxiety of accessing health care in faraway Ho.
Togbe Atsa appealed to the GHS to post health workers to man the facility.
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The Adaklu District Director of Health Services, Mr Charles Azagba, commended Mr Gosu for his foresight and said the facility would soon start accepting clients on the National Health Insurance Scheme.
He said he had posted five workers to the centre and urged the community to co-operate with them.
The Ho Municipal Director of Health Services, Dr Atsu Seake-Kwawu, who represented the Regional Director of Health Services, also commended Mr Gosu and educated the gathering on the Ebola disease— its causes, symptoms and prevention.
The Adaklu District Chief Executive, Mr Sky Ganaku, described Mr Gosu as a “transformational leader”.
He urged people in the community to desist from self-medication and substance abuse. — GNA