Residents in most deprived communities of the Upper East Region still do not get easy access to quality healthcare delivery.
This is because these communities lack basic health infrastructure, with CHPS compounds in and around Sandema battling to get qualified doctors and midwives to man them.
In an interview with Radio Ghana's Isaac Asare, a member of the community, Gloria Akanlo, said it is frustrating to see sick people being carried on bicycles to Sandema District Hospital, which is quite a distance to access health care.
She narrated how a child died because there was no ambulance to convey him to the hospital.
The situation is not different when it comes to pregnant women.
It is even more disheartening to note that in times of labour, community members have to commute long distances to other neighbouring communities to ask for tricycles often referred as ‘motor king’ to carry them to the district hospital.
In reaction, the Builsa North District Director of Health, Edmund Nyanwura, said an ambulance has been allocated from the national level to the district and will soon arrive.
GBC NEWS END ISAAC ASARE
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