Assistant Principal Midwife, Mrs Osiem Florence of Bantama Community-Based Health and Planning Services (CHPS) compound in the Suaman District in the Western North Region has expressed worry over the lack of electricity at the facility.
According to her, the facility has been without electricity for over a month now, and they are unable to provide 24-hour clinical and emergency, maternity and antenatal care, nutrition and child healthcare, as well as disease control, to the people of Bantama and about ten surrounding communities, with all efforts to get electricity restored, futile.
“The poor lighting system in this community is making our work difficult, mostly at night. We have written letters to the district Assembly, the Volta river authority directorates, Chiefs and other stakeholders, but the result had been in vain”, she cried out.
She has however appealed to stakeholders, philanthropists and the District Assembly to come to their aid.
