Health officials at the Ashaiman Polyclinic have lamented that patients admitted at the health facility have to battle with mosquitoes and bedbugs every night.
According to them, some patients who are admitted at the largest public health facility in the municipality for various illnesses normally return home with malaria as a result of mosquito bites.
This necessitated a compulsory malaria treatment aside the sickness the patients brought to the hospital.
Nurudeen Isaaka Idrissu, administrator of the Ashaiman Polyclinic, made the disclosure when his outfit received some 13 buckets of insecticide paints and disinfectants from the parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ernest Henry Norgbey.
He blamed the emergence of malaria on the congestion at the facility, among other factors, which needed immediate attention to save patients who call at the polyclinic.
Mr Idrissu expressed gratitude to Mr Norgbey for the kind gesture, saying, “Donations like this go a long way to help us solve some of our problems.”
He appealed to other stakeholders and philanthropists to assist the polyclinic to provide quality healthcare for the people.
For his part, Mr Norgbey hinted that the donation was as a result of a disturbing report he heard about how mosquitoes and bedbugs have invaded the hospital, consequently his donation to help ameliorate the situation.
“I was extremely worried when I heard that the Ashaiman Polyclinic had been overtaken by bedbugs and mosquitoes so I quickly mobilised myself to assist address the challenge,” he added.
The NDC parliamentary candidate pledged to pay for the cost of the painting.
When voted into power, Mr Norgbey promised to lobby for the expansion of the facility and improve upon the standard to ensure that residents of Ashaiman receive the best in healthcare delivery from the polyclinic.
From Vincent Kubi, Ashaiman