The Worawora Government Hospital in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region has embarked on a five-year development programme aimed at transforming the hospital into a one-stop medical facility.
As a first step, the sod has been cut for work to start on a fencing project to enclose the hospital and prevent encroachment on its land.
The Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Pius Nanabayin Mensah, said funds had been sourced from donors, stakeholders and from the hospital’s internally generated funds.
He estimated the fencing project to cost GH¢ 9,000.00, adding that management had already acquired over 5,000 blocks for the project.
Dr Mensah said after completing the fence project management would tackle the theatre block which is in very poor shape.
The theatre, he noted, was built over 50 years ago and is in a dilapidated state, adding that it is the referral point for other health facilities from the Krachi-East, Kadjebi and the Republic of Togo.
“I hope that after five years, the hospital, apart from offering the best medical services to the people, will become a tourist attraction in the area,” Dr Mensah said.
Cutting the sod, the Volta Regional Director of Health Services who deputised for the Minister of Health, Dr Benjamin Kunbour, Dr McDamien Dedzo, commended the management of the hospital for embarking on the project.
He said the health directorate would continue to support the hospital by providing adequate personnel and logistics in rural areas to ensure safe medical care.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Biakoye Constituency, Mr Kwasi Bandua, said he was making feverish efforts in Parliament to have the hospital rehabilitated.
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