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Netherlands charity organization to upgrade Nsoatre Health Center

Kinderhulp, a Netherlands charity organization, is investing GHC1 million to equip and upgrade the Nsoatre Health Center in the Sunyani West Municipality into a hospital status.

Date Created : 3/3/2022 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Alice Abubakari/Ghanadistricts.com

The organization, through its local partners, Heart for Children Foundation Ghana, an Nsoatre-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has adopted and is implementing a four-year development plan (2021-2024) to ensure infrastructure development at the facility.

Currently, Kinderhulp is putting up standard maternity blocks, consulting and washrooms, pavements, walkways and a fencing project at the facility to improve work productivity and uplift the image of the facility as well.

In line with the development plan, the organization has presented modern medical equipment and devices to the health center to help improve quality healthcare delivery at Nsoatre and its adjoining communities.

They comprise ultrasound machine, electric operating bed, cardiac monitoring machine, electric autoclave machine, UPS stabilizer, pulse oximeters, suturing set, ECG machine, suctioning machine and dressing instruments.

Other items include 50 nasal cannulas, BP apparatus, and forceps, on standard vital sign monitors, delivery sets, wheel chairs, electronic hospital beds, two laptop computers and accessories as well as furniture.

Mr Johan Hommink, the Project Officer, Kinderhulp Ghana, who made the presentation at the premises of the hospital appealed to the authorities to take proper care of the medical devices.

He said Kinderhulp was prepared to assist the facility with relevant medical devices and office equipment to improve on healthcare delivery and enhance the health status of the local people.

Mr Hommink said her outfit cherished its relationship with the health center, and expressed the hope the friendship would be strengthened in coming years.

Dr Prince Agyemang, the Medical Director at the Nsoatre Health Center, thanked the donors for the support, saying the items would greatly improve work productivity.

Mr Solomon Boateng, the Director of the Heart for Children Foundation Ghana said its collaboration with the Netherlands organisation was born way back 1998, and they had constructed six Community-based Health Planning Services in the Sunyani West Municipality.

He said the foundation operated an orphanage home at Nsoatre with 17 inmates, as well as supporting and fending for 15 handicapped children.

It has also constructed four mechanised boreholes to provide potable drinking water at Tawiakrom, Asantuakorm, Kamfoyewoha and Hurutra communities in the municipality.

In addition, Mr Boateng said the foundation was putting up a 100-capacity ICT laboratory for the Nsoatre Presbyterian Cluster of Schools, Kindergarten block for the Nsoatre Community Primary as well as renovating the Nsoatre Urban Council Junior High School.