To improve healthcare delivery to residents in the mining town and its surrounding settlements, a new health center has been fully operationalized in the Obuasi municipality.
The Obuasi Municipal Assembly funded the project with money from the mineral royalties given to the mining town.
The Adansi-Bonnah facility, which is located in Obuasi’s major business center, is anticipated to serve the medical needs of those who live close to the Obuasi major Market and beyond.
The two-story health facility, which costs 1.6 million cedis, has an outpatient section, consultation rooms, wards, a nurse’s bedroom, offices, a pharmacy, and other ancillary amenities.
It will take the place of the now-defunct Jemima Maternity Home, which offered traders in the marketplace regions quick medical attention.
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Simon Osei Mensah, the regional minister for Ashanti, praised the Obuasi Municipal Assembly for wisely allocating their portion of the mineral royalties.
“It is commendable and exemplary to prioritize the healthcare needs of the people with proceeds from mineral royalties,” he remarked.
He praised the government’s accomplishments in modernizing the Ashanti region’s healthcare system.
The government has completed hospitals in Konongo, Tepa, Bekwai, Fomena, Kumawu, and Sawua, along with new polyclinics in Amansie West, Drobonso, and Suame, plus hospitals in Twedie and Ahafo Ano Southeast.
Obuasi MCE Elijah Adansi-Bonah highlighted the assembly’s effective use of mineral royalties for projects like the Kokoteasua school and Sanso Nurses quarters, refuting a CDD report on the impact of gold mining royalties on development projects in some mining districts..
Municipal Health Director Martin Safo Osei is confident the new facility, equipped with quality tools, will improve healthcare delivery.
