Thursday, April 30, 2009

TAMALE TO GET POLICE CLINIC (PAGE 29)

THE Medical Director of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Dr Godfried Asiamah, has paid a working visit to the Northern Region to find ways of establishing a Police Clinic in Tamale to enhance the health status of personnel stationed in the area.
The visit was necessary because the service had established clinics for its personnel in all the regional capitals with the exception of the Northern and Volta regions.
Dr Asiamah, who was accompanied on the tour by the Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Ofosu-Mensah Gyeabour, toured such facilities as the Russian bungalow, and structures being occupied by the “operation gong gong” personnel in the metropolis.
The health director indicated that the service had a policy to ensure that all its personnel enjoyed free medical care and reiterated the resolve of the police administration to provide a health facility for those in the region.
“For us the Northern Region has a more pressing need because of its peculiar nature; that is why I am here to work closely with the Northern Regional Coordinating Council and the Regional Command to find a structure for the establishment of the clinic, “ he stressed.
Dr Asiamah further explained that when the facility was completed it would serve both civilians and security personnel in the area.
He, however, urged police personnel to as a matter of urgency,to take advantage of the National Health Insurance Scheme by registering to benefit from it.
Mr Gyeabour, for his part, observed that “in spite of the trying conditions under which the officers and men worked, they have kept faith with the service and have tried hard to ensure that the vision of the service is realised”.
According to him, the regional command was doing its best to restore public confidence in the service by instilling discipline in the personnel and at the same time fostering cordial relations with the public.
“The civil society and traditional rulers have lent their support leading to many operational successes, “ he further noted.
The regional commander observed that the region had structures for a police clinic but had been abandoned simply because personnel were not available to man it.
Mr Gyeabour said the lack of doctors was a major challenge to enhancing the health status of the police personnel and called for urgent steps to post new doctors to the area to effectively handle the facility when it was put in place.

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