Hon. Michael Kpakpo Allotey, the mayor of Accra, has given the Health Directorate of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) medical supplies to help with their operations in areas impacted by the recent floods.
The items were given on Thursday as part of the Assembly’s initiatives to support community health outreach, enhance public health surveillance, bolster post-flood response, and shield locals from potential health hazards related to floods.
Items offered were 63 BP monitors, 63 Snellen’s charts, 63 glucometers, 63 packs of glucometer strips, 63 portable weighing scales, 63 MUAC tapes, 63 regular tape measures, 20 hanging scales, 20 infantometers, five weighing stands and 37 home visit bags.
Hon. Allotey presented the products and stated that the donation was a part of the Assembly’s efforts to provide the Metro Health Directorate with the resources it needed to adequately address citizens’ needs following the floods.
He stated that the Assembly must improve cleanliness, disinfection, health screening, illness prevention, and community-level support because the recent floods have raised public health issues in several localities.
According to the Mayor, the Assembly acknowledged the critical role that health professionals play, particularly in times of emergency, and will keep giving them the logistical support they require to carry out their responsibilities.
He continued by saying that the post-flood response would involve health-related actions to safeguard vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, women, children, and residents of flood-affected areas, in addition to the clearance of garbage and debris.
The AMA’s Metro Health Director, Dr. Louisa Ademki Matey, thanked the Mayor and President of the Republic of Ghana, H. E. John Dramani Mahama, for their assistance and promised that the goods will significantly improve the organization’s community health initiatives.
She stated that the Directorate’s work extended beyond medical facilities and that employees frequently relocated into villages to provide healthcare to individuals who were at risk, particularly the elderly, women, and children.
The new equipment would enable health professionals to measure blood pressure, sugar levels, eyesight, weight, and other basic health indicators. She said that occasionally health workers visited communities without the tools needed to provide rapid treatment.
She stated that the blood pressure monitors, glucometers, testing strips, Snellen’s charts, and other equipment will allow health professionals to provide important healthcare services closer to citizens, in keeping with the government’s goal of achieving free primary healthcare.
Dr. Matey promised that community health professionals would be more visible in the neighbourhoods, carrying out their assigned duties.
She commends the Mayor for listening to the Directorate’s demands and stated that the support would have a significant impact on the delivery of healthcare services throughout the metropolis.
Source: newsthemegh.com