Government to resource health training institutions

Kokofu (Ash), Feb. 25, GNA - Dr Nii Oakley Quaye-Kumah, outgoing Dep= uty Minister of Health, has re-affirmed government's determination to resourc= e health training institutions with the needed logistics and structures to train more health personnel. He said the resources would include vehicles and computer laboratori= es to promote academic work. Dr Quaye-Kumah was speaking at the third matriculation ceremony of t= he Kokofu Health Assistant Training School near Asante-Bekwai on Thursday. A total of 129 students comprising 104 females were admitted to purs= ue a two-year health assistants' programme. The Deputy Minister counselled the students to maintain high moral standards, shun examination malpractices, drug abuse and other negative practices that could ruin their education. Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, Ashanti Regional Minister, asked the students to=

accept postings to the deprived areas where their services are most neede= d after their training. They should also be part of health outreach programmes to bring down=

the incidence of malaria and maternal and infant mortality. Barima Akwasi Offe Okogyeasuo, Omanhene of Kokofu, appealed to the Department of Feeder Roads to rehabilitate the Kokofu-Asamang road to mak= e it easier for patients to attend the Kokofu Government Hospital. Miss Hagar Agyir-Binn, Principal of the school, commended the Parent-Teacher Association for constructing a hostel for the school.