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| The New Theatre |
A new theatre for the St. John of God Hospital,
Amrahia has been commissioned to help improve quality healthcare delivery to
patients living in and around Amrahia in the Adentan Municipality.
Br. Bartolommeo Kamara,
Provincial Superior of the St.
Augustine Province of Africa of the St. John of God Hospitaller Order, said the
addition of the Theatre to the facility, would augment the treatment and
delivery of quality care to the patients.
With 16 facilities in eight countries in Africa, Br. Kamara
announced
that the St. John of God
Clinic, the fourth facility
in the Ghana, managed by the St. John of God Order, has been granted Hospital Status.
He commended the staff, through whose efforts the 4-year
Clinic was upgraded to the status of a Hospital, and urged them to uphold the
values of respect, justice, compassion and hospitality, in order to achieve excellence in
healthcare delivery.
Bro. Kamara also thanked the curia team including Mr.
Valentine Bruku, Financial Administrator of the Province, who with others helped
in sourcing funds to build the Theatre.
Instead of seeing each other as competitors in health
care provision, the Provincial Superior urged neighbouring facilities to work
together as collaborators to improve the health of the people.
The project, according to Mr. Fosu Agyemang, Chief
Executive Officer of the Ellfasons Constructions Ltd, contractors of the
edifice, has two theatres, two recovery rooms, two offices, male and female
changing rooms among others.
Completed at an estimated cost of GH₵ 980,612.94, Mr.
Agyemang said theatre was built with the best materials and in accordance to
accepted standards is disability friendly.
Madam Roberta Asiedu, Deputy Coordinator, Community
and Institutional Care at the Directorate of Health (DoH), National Catholic
Health Service, commended the leadership and team who worked to build the
theatre, and urged management of the hospital to improve the operation theatre
efficiency, and ensure that the required guidelines and standard for surgical
safety is made available for the staff to adhere to.
While assuring them of DoH’s commitment and support in
the provision of quality healthcare delivery, she advised management to take
keen interest in data generated at the theatre and study it in order to measure
and improve the services.
Dr. Julius Afedi Dedebo, Adentan Municipal Health
Director, commended the Hospital for their services and social interventions in
the catchment area, and encouraged them to expand their laboratory services among others in
order to retain and serve their clients better.
He urged them to continue with the good collaboration between
the Municipal Health Directorate, so as to improve upon the health indicators
in the Municipality.
Mr. Donatus Duncan Adaletey, Executive Secretary for Health, Accra Archdiocese, urged management to expand the space in the facility
in order to take care of more clients.
He also urged the staff to not only be professionals
in their dressing but to respect how they relate with their clients and not to
look down on them in order the sustain quality healthcare provision.
Nuno Seth Ashirifi Kofi, representative of Amrahia Chief,
thanked management for their efforts and expressed the readiness of the Chiefs
and elders to continue collaborating with the facility to improve greater
health care delivery in the area.
