Bawku Hospital Receives Cash Donation

The Bawku Municipal Assembly and the five electoral constituencies in the Bawku traditional area of Upper East Region, have donated 600 million cedi and 25 million cedis respectively for the construction of jubilee Administration Block and Medical Wards for the Bawku Presbyterian Hospital.
 
This has become necessary as the Hospital's facilities have been over stretched due to the population that use them daily for medical attention.  The donation would provide the hospital with additional facilities, attract more medical professionals and improve upon its quality health delivery.

The donation was made to climax the hospital's 50th anniversary celebration on the theme '50 years of collaborative quality health care delivering the way forward' at Bawku.
 
The Bawku Municipal Chief Executive Hon. Abdul Rahman Gumah in his speech said that the Presbyterian Hospital since its inception has rendered invaluable services to people from varied back grounds and places.

He said the hospital deserves an international recognition as its Eye Clinic does not only serve patients from all parts of the country but also from neighbouring countries such as Burkina Faso, Togo, Niger and Mali.

Hon Gumah was fully praise for both the past and present staff who had worked tirelessly and continue to work selflessly in spite of the numerous challenges.

He pointed out that the peculiar situation of Northern Ghana which is characterized by poverty and deprivation conflicts had bedeviled Bawku in such a way that nurses, doctors and paramedical turned down posting to the Municipal.

The parliamentary Member for Bawku Central Hon. Mahama Ayariga blamed the government for the deteriorating conditions of both the hospital and the Nursing Training College (NTC) attached to the hospital for insufficient allocation of resouces.

He urged the government to change her stand by allocating sufficient fund for the hospital to save more lives since the hospital is referred centre 'government should not think they throwing the money into a gutter' he stressed.

However, Hon. Ayariga did not hide his feeling when he said categorically that he would liaise with the Assembly and security agencies to deal ruthlessly with anybody who would cause mayhem in the municipality.

He pleaded with traditional rules, all the natives and concerned people to jealously guide the prevailing peace in the area to attract more personnel's.

He also entreated the administration of the N.T.C. to revise their admission policy to favor the natives to enroll into the college since they would like to remain and serve their own people upon completion.

The hospital which was built in 1955 by the government of Ghana was handed over to the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in 1956, was managed by European Missionaries until 1976 and had its first Ghanaian doctor Dr Charles Opuni Akuamea as the medical superintendent.