The Overlord of Akyem Abuakwa State, Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has bemoaned the state of the health facility in his traditional area.

Speaking at a recent public event, the Okyenhene expressed his disappointment that he also has to beg the government in order for his people to get the needed health intervention.

He added that for over 100 years of its existence, the main government hospital in his vicinity, the Kyebi Government Hospital, cannot boast a laboratory and even lacks important medical equipment like scanners.

“It is painful that when hospital authorities bring issues to you as Okyehene, you have to call and beg somebody in the government before it would be addressed. It is not only that I’m frustrated, but the nurses and doctors are equally frustrated.

“100 years later, there is no scanning machine at the Kyebi Hospital. 100 years later, there is no quality laboratory in the Kyebi Hospital; they send them to Koforidua, somewhere else,” he fumed.

The King of the Abuakwa State said that his people also have to pay huge fees in order to access these facilities outside the area.

“And even if they have to do the labs, sometimes it costs GH¢4,200 for a patient. How are they going to pay for it?” he quizzed.

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Watch a video of his remarks below:



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