Health

UWR/Where is our ambulance? Daffiama-Bussie-Issa constituency roar's

• By Digme Kantayir
• February 07, 2020
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Constituents of the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa district have asked the DCE of the area, Hon. Moro Sanda to account for the ambulances that were recently distributed by the President HE Nana Addo to all constituencies in the country.

In a press statement, the NDC constituency communication Bureau is also seeking to know how the Upper West Regional Minister, Hon. Hafiz Bin Salih could take custody of the ‘health purpose’ vehicle without onwards release to the DBI constituency.

The four hundred and forty-seven worded statement cautioned ‘‘It would be very wrong if the ambulance is parked anywhere outside the constituency’’ describing their acts of enquiries as a ‘‘matter in the spirit of probity and accountability’’



The PRO of the Regional Coordinating Council Mr Cletus Awuni in an interview on radio MAk here in Wa last week, disclosed the regional minister had ordered assemblies without warehouses for ambulance purpose to do so before taking custody of the vehicle. He again revealed that the ambulances would be housed at the nearest warehouse to districts that do not have shelter for ambulances.



Read the full statement below.

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS

COMMUNICATION BUREAU

DAFFIAMA-BUSSIE-ISSA CONSTITUENCY

06/02/2020

IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

WE DEMAND TO KNOW THE WHEREABOUTS OF OUR AMBULANCE

The Communication Bureau on behalf of the National Democratic Congress and the good people of the DBI constituency, wish to ask the District Chief Executive of DBI and the Regional minister where our ambulance can be located.

On 29th January 2020, we received information about the arrival of the Upper West share of the ambulances, with the consolation that our emergency health situation in the district would improve. The media reported that our ambulance has arrived in the region and the regional mister received the health purpose vehicle. Indeed, the people of DBI deserve an ambulance. Considering the fact that, Daffiama-Bussie-Issa is a deprived District with inadequate health facilities, affecting quality health delivery, the ambulance is going to help ameliorate the challenge of non-availability of an ambulance in the area which has left even expectant mothers be carried on motorbikes.

Even though the delivery was delayed unnecessarily, we think it is a very good intervention only if the facility is managed and maintained well.

Sadly, after we were told of the arrival of these ambulances, we still cannot find it in the constituency. No explanation has been given, whatsoever, on why the facility has not yet arrived at the constituency after we are told it was at the RCC there in Wa.

We wish to state that the ambulance was procured for the people of Daffiama-Bussie-Issa. It would be very wrong if the ambulance is parked anywhere outside the constituency.

We wish to call on the District Chief Executive to give us an update on where the ambulance is located since our checks indicate that, it is not in the constituency.

We also demand that the ambulance be moved to the constituency. This would enable residents of the constituency to have immediate access to it.

The constituents who are the direct beneficiaries of the ambulance deserve to know the whereabouts of the ambulance as they equally deserve to enjoy from such health policies by the government of this country.

We wish to assure the good people of the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa constituency, that as a party whose ideology represents the interest of the people, we shall do the needed advocacy on the matter in the spirit of probity and accountability and ensure, as well, that the constituency owns and uses the facility given to it. If there is any attempt to shortchange the people, by keeping the ambulance anywhere outside the constituency, we shall vehemently resist that in the collective interest of the constituency.

Thank you.

Denis Andaban

Communication Officer

(0549734023)

Hon Naa Evans Gandiibu

Deputy communication Officer

(0542196374)


Source: watchghana.com