From George Ernest Asare, Kumasi.
The Staff of the Judicial Service within the Kumasi Metropolis and its environs would enjoy the services of a clinic located on the premises of the Appeal Court in Kumasi
The facility, which was the brainchild of the Chief Justice, Mrs Georgina Wood, was inaugurated by Justice Mariama Owusu, an Appeal Court judge, on January 29, 2010.
It has a consulting room, recovery ward and store and will be opened during working hours under the charge of two nurses.
There would also be a medical officer to take care of serious cases on Thursdays.
Commending the Chief Justice for the initiative, Justice Owusu said the gesture would help ease the trauma some of the members of staff went through in seeking health care and also speed up judicial process in the metropolis.
“With this facility, judges, registrars, secretaries and other staff would not join long queues to source for health care, and this would make them readily available to litigants who need their service to speed up the judicial processes,” she explained.
She, however, stated that litigants who attended the courts and who might need emergency treatment would be catered for at the clinic.
Dr Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, the Kumasi Metropolitan Director of Health Services, said efforts would be made to provide quality health care to the Judicial Staff to enable them to discharge their duty effectively.
He said already, the Metropolitan Directorate had sourced for the nurses who would be in charge of the clinic and also gave an assurance that he would personally be at the clinic on Thursdays to address their healthcare needs.
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