Ghana's Second Lady, H.E. Hajia Samira Bawumia has commissioned an ultramodern surgical theatre for the Elmina Polyclinic in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Constituency in the Central Region on Wednesday.

Commissioning of the surgical theatre forms part of the Second Lady's two-day tour in the Central Region to canvas vote for her husband Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Ghana's Vice President and flagbearer for the ruling New Patriotic Party in the 2024 general elections slated for December 7.

The fully equipped Elmina Polyclinic surgical theatre which is named after Nana Kodwo Conduah VI, Paramount Chief of the Edina Traditional Area encompasses an operation room, recovery room, an anesthetist room, a holding area, scrub-up area, a room for doctors, a room for nurses, and a sluice room.

Commissioning of the Elmina Polyclinic surgical theatre witnessed revered personalities like the Paramount Chief of the Central Regional Minister, Hon. Justina Marigold Assan, the Edina Traditional Area, the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for KEEA, Mr. Percyval Quaicoe, Hon. Samuel Ebo Appiah, MCE for KEEA, NPP Parliamentary Candidate for Cape Coast North Constituency among many others.

The Second Lady in her address at the commissioning durbar noted that the long awaited facility is not just a building, but a testament to the NPP government's committment to the health and wellbeing of the Ghanaian citizenry and hoped that the new facility improves the quality of service and infrastructure, population and staffs in the immediate future and years to come.

She recounted the Elmina Polyclinic to have over the years served as a beacon of hope to many in the community, providing essential medical services. However, the lack of a dedicated surgical facility has hindered its ability to offer comprehensive surgical care to its people.

Highlighting that with the addition of the surgical theatre, won't only allow the polyclinic to offer surgeries that were previously referred to other facilities but will also reduce the burden on the country's healthcare system for patients to get best care at all times.

Medical Superintendent for the Elmina Polyclinic, Dr. Felix Darbbey asserted that with the support of the government through the Municipal Assembly, a surgical theatre has been established and well equipped to cater to the needs of the people of KEEA and beyond.

He added that over the years, pregnant women who needed emergency surgery in other to save mother and baby had to be referred either to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital or the UCC Hospital which has unfortunately led to some terrible outcomes for mothers and babies in the District, thus the timely establishment of the surgical facility at the polyclinic.

Dr. Darbbey further observed that with the help of the commissioned surgical facility, the Elmina Polyclinic won't only perform caesarean sections on maternity patients there but will also provide diverse surgical services like fibroid surgeries, hernia and the likes.

Nana Kodwo Conduah VI, Paramount Chief of the Edina Traditional Area expressed his outmost appreciation to authorities of the Elmina Polyclinic for naming the facility's surgical theatre after him and advised nurses of the polyclinic to eschew every form of unprofessional conducts and the behaviour of attending to their phones while patients are left unattended to.

Sompaonline.com/Eric Annan