The management of the hospital said its current theatre bed was not in a good condition to support surgeries and appealed to the government and benevolent organisations for a modern theatre bed to improve healthcare delivery.

Dr. Didier Oteng, the Medical Superintendent of the Paga Hospital, made the appeal when the leadership of the Paga Youth Movement, a non-partisan youth association paid a courtesy call on the Hospital’s management, to strengthen collaboration between the facility and the community.

He commended the youth for their continuous collaboration, which led to the construction of a theatre block and reiterated the facility’s commitment to delivering quality healthcare despite infrastructure and logistical constraints.

He disclosed that since its upgrade from a health centre to a primary hospital in 2022, the Paga Hospital had ranked as the best-performing facility in the Upper East Region for three consecutive years (2022–2024).

However, inadequate wards, office space, and essential equipment remained major bottlenecks.

“We have been struggling with infrastructure, mobility, and equipment. We need a modern theatre bed, incubators for newborns, and improved laboratory facilities. If we get these, we can run all the units we are supposed to have and serve the people the way we want,” he said.

Dr. Oteng appealed to the youth and other stakeholders to help lobby for the fast-track of the completion of the Agenda 111 hospital project in Paga, which would provide additional space and facilities for improved service delivery.

He also commended the youth movement for their continued support, including their ongoing theatre project for the facility and recent community contributions, such as donations of an oxygen concentrator and other medical items.

Mr. Wenawome Aborah, the Chairman of the Paga Youth Movement, said the visit was intended to “send a message of compassion” and foster stronger ties between the hospital and the community to enable both sides to support each other.

“For health is critical to every life, and we deem it important that as stakeholders we always engage so that wherever the community has a role to play, we reach out, and wherever you and your staff need support, we can also step in,” he said.

“Even as we intensify efforts to complete our ongoing theatre project, we want to see how we can improve upon the services you are delivering and what we can do to give you an enabling environment to operate happily,” Mr. Aborah stated.

He stressed the importance of proactive engagement rather than waiting until problems arose, noting that good work also deserved recognition.