The Member of Parliament for Lawra, Bede Ziedeng, has donated medical equipment worth GH¢45,000 to the Eremon Health Facility in the Upper West Region to enhance healthcare delivery in the area.
The donation, which includes an oxygen cylinder, delivery set, digital blood pressure apparatus, suction machine, microscope, patient trolley, patient monitor set, and other consumables, is aimed at improving the capacity of the facility to provide essential medical services.
The intervention follows persistent concerns by residents over poor healthcare delivery in communities such as Domwine and Eremon, where inadequate equipment and limited infrastructure have hindered effective service provision.
Residents say the situation has forced many patients to travel long distances to district and regional hospitals for treatment, cases they believe could have been handled locally if facilities were properly equipped.
They further noted that frequent referrals have increased the cost of accessing healthcare, placing a heavy financial burden on households.
A resident of Domwine, Madam Vivian, explained that the lack of nurses’ accommodation had previously affected service delivery, as health workers were commuting from Jirapa, often resulting in long waiting hours for patients.
Similarly, another resident, Madam Sylvia, indicated that the absence of resident health personnel compels community members to seek care in nearby towns, significantly increasing transportation costs and delaying access to treatment.
Beyond the donation of equipment, Lawyer Bede Ziedeng also facilitated the rehabilitation of a previously dilapidated and abandoned nurses’ bungalow to provide accommodation for health workers.
Before the renovation, nurses assigned to the facility had to commute from Jirapa, a situation that adversely affected timely and efficient healthcare delivery in the community.
The Lawra Municipal Director of Health Services, Phoebe Balagumyetime, welcomed the intervention, stressing that strengthening peripheral health facilities is critical to easing pressure on the main hospital, which continues to operate with limited medical personnel.
