Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyiri Constituency in the Eastern Region, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, has commissioned the Adoagyiri Health Centre, describing the facility as a major intervention to improve access to healthcare and bring essential medical services closer to residents.
The commissioning, which attracted traditional leaders and residents of the area, marked another milestone in the MP’s development efforts within the constituency. Speaking to the media after the ceremony, Annoh-Dompreh explained that the decision to prioritise the health facility was informed by an assessment of the needs of communities in the area, particularly the absence of a nearby healthcare facility to serve residents.
He said his development interventions had been guided by the different needs of the people, including education and healthcare.
According to him, he had previously supported educational infrastructure and undertaken personal interventions by providing educational books to improve literacy among pupils and students. However, he said the need for a health facility in Adoagyiri became particularly urgent because of the difficulties residents faced in accessing healthcare within their immediate surroundings.
Annoh-Dompreh stressed that healthcare was among the critical needs requiring attention, explaining that the Adoagyiri project was conceived to address that gap and improve access to medical services. He indicated that the facility was not the only healthcare-related project being pursued in the constituency, as another facility was nearing completion.
He disclosed that the building structure of the other project had been completed, with attention now shifting to landscaping and the introduction of green features around the facility. He said he was particularly interested in ensuring that the projects were not only functional but also environmentally friendly.
He said the provision of a residential facility was intended to ensure that healthcare personnel could remain available within the community and respond promptly when their services were needed. According to him, the health needs of residents must remain the priority, and the staff must be present to attend to patients whenever necessary.
The MP further explained that the facility was designed with several essential components to support healthcare delivery. These include a delivery room, separate female and male wards, an outpatient department and a kitchenette. He also disclosed that the building has 44 apartments on the upper floor, adding that the residential component was informed by the advice of the medical professional involved in the project.
Annoh-Dompreh, however, clarified that the apartments were not part of a personal project financed through his Common Fund, stressing that the facility was a government project awarded during the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration.
He said he had continued to push for the project’s completion and was hopeful that the current government would fulfil its responsibility to ensure that the work was completed. He maintained that the project should not be abandoned because of a change in political administration, insisting that government remains a continuing institution.
Making reference to the constitutional principle of continuity in governance, Annoh-Dompreh argued that a succeeding administration has a responsibility to continue legitimate projects initiated by its predecessor, provided there are no irregularities or other factors that would invalidate the contractual arrangements.
He maintained that the responsibility to complete such projects rests with the government and should not be determined solely by which political party initiated them. He therefore expressed confidence that the outstanding aspects of the project would receive the necessary attention.
The commissioning of the Adoagyiri Health Centre forms part of Annoh-Dompreh’s broader healthcare development agenda for the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Constituency. He has also indicated that the Dobrowo health facility is expected to be commissioned next month, while work is underway on the maternity ward at Nsawam Government Hospital. He has further expressed an intention to construct another health facility at Djankrom.
