Accra, Feb. 24, GNA - Trends Envitech Limited, an environment management company, is undertaking a GH¢10,000.00 fumigation project at= the Accra Psychiatric Hospital to help solve its sanitation challenges. The five-day exercise, which started on Tuesday, would include disinfecting the 23 wards and drainage system against crawling and flying=

insects and rodents. Mr Delali Kofi Adayi, Administrative Director of Trends Envitech, sa= id the project was part of the company's corporate social responsibility tow= ard the development and well-being of the inmates. "As a company we are aware of the numerous challenges the hospital faces in terms of sanitation." Mr Adayi said the pest control component of the exercise was a preventive measure to help avert some of the common disease including malaria and skin disease which inmates suffered from as a result of bites=

from lice and bedbugs. Mr Abraham Bortei, Deputy Health Service Administrator of the Hospit= al, said they faced challenges including acute shortage of water and lack of accommodation among others. He said the hospital was congested because it was built for only 600=

patients 106 years ago but is now housing 1,200 patients and water shorta= ge particularly posed danger to the health of the inmates, he added. Mr Bortei said since the establishment of the Hospital only 30 per c= ent of its sewage system had been changed to plastic pipes adding "This is causing the low pressure of water to the hospital." He said once the system was modified the water problem would be a th= ing of the past and called on other organizations to come to the aid of the hospital. 24 Feb. 10