HEALTH

Veep commissions 60 bed capacity hospital in Tolon
The Vice President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned 60-Bed capaity Ultra-Modern District Hospital in Tolon, in the Northern Region. The hospital is one of the six medical facilities which begun three (3) years ago.

Date Created : 11/27/2020 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Alice Abubakari/Ghanadistricts.com

According to Dr. Bawumia, the project is part of the Government's Flagship “1District, 1 Hospital” initiative by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufu-Addo and the NPP led Administration.

The new hospital has several departments including Outpatient and Emergency Department, Inpatient Wards for male, female and pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology (Maternity and Child Health), Surgery including an Intensive Care Unit, Physiotherapy, Pharmacy Diagnostic Services including X-ray, Laboratory, and ultrasound, and a Mortuary.


The interventions, made by Government in the health sector, according to some residents have been very timely, particularly on the back of COVID-19 pandemic. We would have succumbed to the devastating effect of the outbreak of the Corona Virus pandemic but for skillful management of the pandemic by the Ghana Health Service and the health workers.


The other related facilities are the 80 Bed Hospital at Somanya in the Eastern Region; 80 Bed District Hospital at Buipe in the Savannah Region; 60 Bed Hospital at Wheta in the Volta Region; 60 Bed Hospital at Sawla in the Savannah Region and a 30 Bed Polyclinic at Bamboi in the Savannah Region.

The Paramount Chief of the Tolon Traditional area, His Royal Highness, Rtd. Chief Major Sulemana, assisted the Vice President to commission the first ever largest and outstanding District Hospital in Tolon.