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Newmont builds GHC500, 000.00 clinic for Hwidiem St. Elizabeth Hospital

Mr Steve Petrofes, the Regional Project Director, Newmont Africa has handed-over the Child Welfare Clinic constructed at the cost of over GHC500,000 to the Hwidiem St Elizabeth Hospital in the Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region.

Date Created : 8/7/2023 : Story Author : Dennis Peprah/ Ghanadistricts.com

Before then, the hospital used a shed as a child clinic; a situation according to management caused congestion, and thereby impeded the child healthcare in the district and beyond.

Furnished with modern tables and chairs, the clinic has male and female washrooms, a laboratory and consulting room and wards which would improve neonatal healthcare delivery in the area.

Speaking at a short ceremony held at Hwidiem, Mr Petrofes indicated as the only referral hospital in the district, it was appropriate the company assisted to ensure it met the required standard.

He said a significant number of employees of the company would also use the clinic and therefore advised the management to put the facility to good use to benefit the future generation.

“We are always trying to achieve our purpose of bettering the lives of the people as we promote sustainable mining”, Mr Petrofes stated, and stressed Newmont’s commitment to improving education and health in the area. He said the company had also renovated and supplied 200 desks, and benches for use at the dining hall of the Kenyasi OLA Girls Senior High School.

Established in 1956, Dr. Mohammed Umar Saana, the Acting Medical Director, said the hospital had since provided quality healthcare not only in Ahafo but also parts of the Western North region.

The hospital also specializes and provides services in ear, nose and throat and childcare, he said and expressed appreciation to the management and staff of the Newmont Ahafo South mine, saying the gesture would greatly help bring child healthcare to the door-steps of the rural poor in particular.

Mr Samuel Osei, the Communications and External Relations Manager, Newmont Ahafo South Mine and Newmont Ahafo North Project, was constructed through individual contributions from employees of Newmont and added however the company is also supported in diverse ways.