From Emmanuel Modey,
Dodi Papase
The Dodi Papase Traditional Area in the Kadjebi District of the Volta Region found a solution to one of their basic problems over the weekend.
After 46 years the only hospital in the district, the Mary Theresa Catholic Hospital, was presented with an ambulance and the chiefs and people saw it as a welcome relief to curb the incidence of preventable deaths, mostly caused by the lack of vehicles to transport the sick on referral to the major hospitals.
The Mercedes Benz ambulance was donated by the Stichting Atta, a foundation formed from the twinning of Kadjebi and Alkamade in Holland.
Receiving the ambulance on behalf of the hospital authorities, the Administrator, Mr Stannard Issah Mahama, recounted two incidents at the hospital involving a pregnant woman in labour and some accident victims who died because there was no vehicle to transport them for treatment at the regional hospital.
The people were full of praise to the Vice-President of the Foundation, Mr Kofi Adjei Ntim, and the foundation for coming to their aid.
Mr Adjei Ntim, touched by the plight of the people, thanked God for being able to fulfil the promise of the foundation to the people last December.
The Kadjebi District Director of Health Services, Ms Joan Eleeza, advised the hospital authorities to make good use of the vehicle to enable it to last long, adding that it should not be used as a hearse but only for the sick.
The Paramount Chief of the Papase Traditional Area, Nana Kofi Nyarko II, advised the people to always adopt preventive health strategies instead of curative practice.
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