Ketu North Municipal Hospital receives new transformer to boost healthcare delivery

The Ketu North Municipal Hospital has received a new transformer to connect the hospital to the national grid to enhance service delivery.

In an interview with Asaase News, the administrator of the hospital, Tetteh Anthony Junior, said effect of a thunderstorm which damaged to the only transformer at the hospital has negatively affected the health facility

He said the hospital had to depend on the use of a generator to power the facility which turned out to be costly.

Tetteh added that the health facility which served several towns within the Ketu North municipal and beyond was left in the dark since the damage of the transformer until the management of the hospital resulted to buy fuel to power the generator available for use.

He said,the hospital has resulted to buying fuel everyday for more than one month which has caused the hospital lots of expenses.

“We have written letters to all stakeholders for assistance regarding replacement of the damaged transformer. The Member of Parliament for the area for supported us when we knocked on his door. The Municipal Assembly and other colleague health facilities assisted in same regards” we made follow ups to some major stakeholders including the director general of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for his help”

He indicated the medical superintendent at the hospital has to make several calls and most of the follow ups.

There were other calls and appeals with the help of the media.

According to Anthony Junior Tetteh, the facility serves more than 114,864 people within the municipality and beyond, adding that on the average, it serves 13,845 out-patients and 3,500 in-patients annually.

He also mentioned that the emergency unit of the hospital and OPD records more than 60 patients daily.

“The Minister of Health together with the director general of Ghana Health Service Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye responded by sending down technical teams for assessment and further provision of a new 500 KVA transformer,” he said.

Dr Kuma-Aboagye  said the Ghana Health Service is committed to providing quality health delivery to all of its customers within all its operational areas, and therefore called on customers to patronise the facility.

The installation of the new transformer is aimed at improving power supply and reliability to the facility.

Delivering the transformer, the director general, said the gesture was to ensure that the provision of healthcare to the people living within  Ketu North and its environs was not jeopardised.

Background

In July this year, Ketu North Municipal Hospital, located in Weta, threatened to withdraw health services delivery over a power crisis that hit the facility for over a month.

A transformer that powered the huge facility was damaged beyond repair after a lightning and thunderstorm hit it.

Reporting by Solomon Mensah-Ahiable in Oti Region

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