Jirapa MP donates bedsheets to St. Joseph Catholic Hospital amidst appeals to upgrade 70-year-old facility
Cletus Seidu Dapilah, the Member of Parliament for the Jirapa Constituency, handed over 160 bedsheets and 160 pillowcases to the St. Joseph Catholic Hospital to help improve patient care and curb hospital-acquired infections. This intervention follows a joint appeal made by the Jirapa Municipal Health Directorate and the hospital's management to address severe shortages of basic ward logistics. According to Mr. Dapilah, "As a Member of Parliament, I won't neglect health issues because health is life. I want to see my people being healthy so that they can go around to do their normal daily activities."
The Jirapa Municipal Health Director, Kaa-Ih Edward, expressed gratitude to the MP for his continuous support. Mr. Edward explained that the donation "will go a long way to reducing infections because, you know, when patients come to the wards with their bedsheets, they rather get some infections from the hospital." The Acting Medical Superintendent of the St. Joseph Catholic Hospital, Dr. Silas Gbogere, used the occasion to send a distress call to the government, corporate bodies, and benevolent individuals to urgently assist the nearly 70-year-old facility.
Dr. Gbogere revealed that the hospital is buckling under severe infrastructural and equipment deficits. He noted that the facility lacks functional patient monitors and defibrillators, while its ageing X-ray machine and frequently breaking laboratory equipment severely hamper medical diagnostics. Dr. Gbogere also stated that the hospital is being managed by only three medical doctors.
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Cletus Seidu Dapilah, Jirapa MP, donated bedsheets to St. Joseph Catholic Hospital. The hospital faces infrastructural issues, and the donation highlights the ongoing efforts to support healthcare- but what challenges remain?
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