EYE CLINIC OPENS AT KSI SOUTH HOSPITAL (PAGE 18, SEPT 21, 2010)

RESIDENTS of the catchment area of the Kumasi South Hospital were beside themselves with joy when an Eye Clinic was commissioned last Thursday to enhance effective eye care.
The Eye Clinic, intended to enhance quality delivery of health care services at the hospital and reduce massive congestion at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) was constructed at the cost of GH¢49,000 by the Member of Parliament for Asokwa, Mr Maxwell Kofi Dwumah.
A theatre, two consulting rooms, a ward, out patients department and changing rooms, among others , are some of the facilities at the Kumasi South Hospital Eye Clinic.
The Chief of Kyirapatre, Nana Owusu Ano Panin III, the Queen of Ahensan, Nana Akosua Fobi and the acting Ashanti Regional Health Director, Dr Joseph Oduro, were among the dignitaries who graced the occasion when the eye clinic was commissioned.
In his welcoming address, Dr Joseph Oduro commended Mr Kofi Dwumah for his invaluable contributions towards the development of the hospital.
He pointed out that apart from the Eye Clinic, Mr Dwumah had supported the hospital with various equipment and logistics over the years as his contribution to improve quality health care delivery.
He said his initiative also paved way for the construction of a maternity block which is impacting well on the operations of the hospital and urged him to sustain such gestures to enhance sustainable health care delivery .
“Kumasi South Hospital lacked many facilities, but with the help of the Member of Parliament for Asokwa , benevolent institutions and individuals, facilities which are impacting very well on health care delivery for patients are springing up ” he noted.
Dr Oduro said since quality health care delivery depended on the facilities and equipment at the hospital, the medical personnel at the Kumasi South Hospital had been motivated adequately to offer the best of services to patients to improve their health.
He said with good health , residents would be able to indulge in productive ventures to improve their well-being .
He assured of regular maintenance to ensure a long lifespan or the facilities and equipment at the hospital to sustain quality health care delivery.
For his part, Mr Kofi Dwumah gave the assurance of his continuous support to the hospital to enable residents to have the best of medical care.
Expressing concern about inadequate health care facilities in the Kumasi Metropolis and its environs, Mr Dwumah said lack of adequate facilities had created massive congestion at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
This, he explained , was undermining quality health care and promised to initiate more projects that would accelerate the expansion of the hospital to enable residents at the catchment’s area enjoy better health care delivery.