Vice President Amissah Arthur inaugurates 18 bed capacity Mothers’ Bay facility at Tema General Hospital



Vice President Kwesi Bekoe- Amissah Arthur has commissioned an 18 bed capacity Mothers’ Bay facility at the Tema General Hospital.
 
The Bay which is not a ward but a separate facility attached to the Neonatal Unit of the Maternity Ward which constructed at the cost of over 200 thousand Ghana cedis. 

It was funded by the Tema Methodist Diocese with support from the Tema Rotary Club and other philanthropist. 

A report by Radio Ghana's Correspondent, Patricia Kyei Obeney says the Mothers Bay was constructed to give temporal accommodation to mothers who are awaiting the discharge of the babies from the hospital. 

The project which was started in August 2012 was necessitated following governments appeal to hospitals to construct Mothers Bays across the country, to ease the burden on lactating mothers. 

This prompted the Tema Diocese of the Methodist Church as part of the social responsibility to construct the facility to ease the burden mothers go through after delivery. The Bay has a large hall, a kitchen, washrooms and an office for attending nurses. 

Vice President Bekoe-Amissah Arthur said government is committed to ensuring that maternal and neonatal care is given the needed attention.

He however, commended the Tema Diocese for the initiative saying, government alone cannot shoulder all responsibilities in the health sector; therefore churches and other organizations should use their social responsibility coffers to help in that direction. 

The Medical Director of the Tema General Hospital, Dr. Kwabena Opoku Adusei said records at the hospital indicate that there has not seen any major rehabilitation as at 1962, since majority of rehabilitation works have been abandoned. 

He therefore called on government to ensure that the theater and  maternity block which was been under construction seven years ago is completed to easy burden on patients and health workers.  

The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante said Christianity is not about only going to church but helping society with amenities to assist those in need. 

He said the Methodist church will ensure that it takes part in the development of the Country by assisting governments to undertake developmental projects.

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