Health workers have been advised
to put in more efforts to sustain the delivery of quality healthcare to the
sick in the country.
“What
is the use of a beautiful hospital or clinic which does not have competent and
honest personnel, or personnel who show gross indiscipline and disrespect to
patients?” he queried.
While commending health
workers, especially those within the National Catholic Health Service (NCHS) for
their commitment to healthcare delivery, the Bishop entreated them to do more to
overcome the lapses inherent in the healthcare delivery system currently.
Most Rev. Emmanuel Kofi
Fianu, Bishop of Ho and Episcopal Chainman for Health, launching the 27th
World Day of the Sick, read the Pope’s message and entreated the health workers
to promote the culture of generosity and care to the sick.
The Bishop also commended
Catholic healthcare institutions and volunteers in healthcare for their
services, and reiterated the Pope’s call for them to avoid the trap of turning
their service as “simply running a business” but “to give an example of
self-giving, generosity and solidarity”.
The theme for the celebration
“You received without payment; give without payment” (Mt. 10:8), attracted many
health workers and Hospital Chaplains health from facilities throughout the
country.
Similarly, George Adjei,
Esq, Director of the Directorate of Health at the NCS, commended the Catholic
Church for its role in healthcare in Ghana, and thanked the staff of the NCHS
for their contributions and dedication.
In order to maintain
quality health delivery, the Director entreated workers within the NCHS to redouble
their efforts to continue improving the provision of quality healthcare delivery
to their clients.
According to Rev. Bro. Yohannes Torwoe, Director of the St. John of
God Hospital, the facility in 2018 recorded 67,964 OPD attendance, out of which
11,045 were admitted, and 1,487 surgeries performed. The facility also recorded
2,298 deliveries, with 9,769 Antenatal Clinic (ANC) and a decline in the maternal
mortalities from 161 cases in 2017 to 147 in 2018.
Bro.
Torwoe extolled the hardworking staff for their professionalism, dedication and
commitment, which helps the hospital sustain the healthcare delivery at the
facility.
As
part of the launch, sod was cut for the construction of a Neonatal Intensive
Care Unit.
Nana Kwame Obeng II,
Chief of Sefwi-Mim, who chaired the function, acknowledged the contribution of
the Catholic Church to the development and improvement of healthcare delivery, and
thanked the efforts of the staff of the hospital.
He also pledged the assistance of the Chief and Elders of the area to support the development of
the hospital.
The Hospital Choir as
well as the St. Joseph Church Choir at Sefwi-Asafo graced the function with
medleys of songs.
Some of the Chaplains
visited the patients in the wards and prayed for them.
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