Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has presented medical equipment to two CHPS Compounds in his constituency as part of efforts to support quality health care delivery.
The beneficiary facilities include Gbalahi CHPS Compound and Ward-K CHPS Compound, all in the Tamale North constituency.
The equipment presented to the two facilities included forceps for dressing, jar forceps, jar thermometers, stethoscopes, hand brushes for scrubbing, tape measure, tourniquet, and plastic protection aprons.
The rest are clinical thermometers, stethoscope binaural, infant scale, bowl stainless steel, draw sheet plastic, instrument trays, dressing trays, bowl plastic, sphygmomanometer, towels, delivery set, suture set, drip stand, examination bed, baby weighing scale pan, autoclave amongst others.
Mr. Suhuyini, during the presentation, said the support forms part of his resolve and determination to see that health infrastructure and service are improved in the Tamale North Constituency.
The equipment were received by the Sagnarigu Municipal Health Directorate at Gbalahi.
The Gbalahi CHPS Compound and Ward-K CHPS Compounds were constructed last year by the MP, with support from a non-governmental organisation.
Requests were later made to him to support the facilities with some logistics to facilitate health care delivery, and he used his share of the National Health Insurance Fund to purchase the medical equipment to respond to the needs and requests of members of the communities.
Mr. Suhuyini said “As it is often said health is wealth, and when our people are healthy, they can go about their daily activities in much better way and be economically sound. We all know we are in the farming season and we need a lot of energy to be able to attend to the farms and that is why health is important to us.”
He said “The logistics, when put to good use, will encourage all stakeholders, especially NGOs to support the community. So, it is my prayer that the community, together with the health professionals, will put the facilities and the logistics to good use.”
He expressed gratitude to the Chiefs of Gbalahi and Ward-K for their dedication and support towards the upliftment of their communities in terms of their magnanimity in donating lands for the construction of the health facilities in their jurisdictions.
Chiefs, health workers and people of the two communities have expressed their gratitude to the MP for his dedication t, and determination to see improvement in the lives of his people.
