Kumasi, March 25, – Private
health facilities have been urged to promptly alert the Ghana Health Services
of any strange diseases or unfamiliar health cases that are reported to their
facilities to ensure timely response and intervention.
They should also improve on their
community health surveillance and promptly inform the Service of suspected outbreaks
of infectious and communicable diseases in their areas of operation.
Ms Grace Billi Kampitis, the
Public Health Officer of the Kumasi Metro Health Directorate, made the call at
the inauguration of the Buokrom Community Hospital at the Buokrom Estates in
Kumasi.
The modern health facility is a
partnership between the Naka Group of Companies and Plan Health Ghana.
It aims at offering modern
quality primary healthcare to the people in the Community and its environs.
Ms Kampitis said private health
facilities, which were closer to the people, were most often the first port of
call for healthcare delivery for many in the communities.
She said it was, therefore,
important for such facilities to be
alert and quickly report outbreak of communicable diseases and
infections to the GHS for quick response and intervention to halt the spread of
such diseases.
She pledged the continued support
of the Government to enhance training, capacity building and sharing of
information with private health facilities to improve healthcare delivery in
the communities.
Dr Oppong Pepra, a Director of Plan
Health Ghana, said the facility had been registered by the Health Facilities
Regulatory Agency (HEFRA) and accredited by the National Health Insurance
Authority (NHIA).
He said it would provide
out-patients, in-patients, maternity, laboratory, surgery, pharmacy, x-ray,
ultrasound scan, and ECG services among others to the Community.
Nana Owusu Pempah, the Chief of
Buokrom, urged the people to see the facility as their own and support it to
provide the needed services to improve their health status.
GNA
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