Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Prestea
THE people of Prestea and 38 communities in the Wassa West District of the Western Region have had to live without a doctor for some time as the doctor who was at the Prestea Hospital has been re-assigned to the Bibiani Government Hospital.
A source at the Western Regional Health Service indicated that there was no doctor to be assigned immediately to take up the post of the transferred doctor.
“I must be honest with you that getting doctors to work in areas like that is a difficult task. Last year only two doctors were posted to the region,” it said.
When contacted, the Western Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Sylvester Anamana, said the GHS was doing everything possible to find another doctor for the Prestea Hospital.
He described the problem that led to the ejection of the doctor from his bungalow and the problems the communities had to go through as unfortunate.
“Whatever the situation, we have to find a doctor for the facility. It will not be easy but we are doing everything possible, as other health facilities are also crying for doctors,” he said.
He said at the moment the district director of health would continue to visit Prestea as the GHS struggled to find a solution to the problem.
The Daily Graphic managed to locate the embattled doctor who said he was not going back to his post at Prestea and that he had been re-assigned.
He explained that when he assumed duty at Prestea, he was given a bungalow near the hospital. But there was so much dust and noise and so he complained to the health service directorate that his residence was not habitable, leading to his being allocated the place from where he was evicted.
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