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Authorities at the Tafo Government Hospital in the Tafo Municipality of the Ashanti region are appealing to the government to immediately intervene in the completion of the abandoned maternity block at the facility.

The project which was started by the J.A. Kufuor administration was expected to provide enough accommodation for patients but has been left to rot whilst patients struggle for space.

The sod-cutting ceremony in 2003 brought a sigh of relief to workers and residents who felt the project would address the increasing congestion at the facility.

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But after ten years of slow progress of work, the facility has since 2008, been abandoned, with the contractor, Connie Construction Limited, citing lack of funds as the main reason.

The abandoned facility, expected to benefit other health centres, and thus help reduce workload on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, was originally billed to contain a 60-bed maternity and childrens’ ward, an ultra-modern conference centre, a state-of-the-art pharmaceutical centre, and an out-patients department, as a means of solving patient overcrowding and enhance healthcare delivery.

Officials at the Tafo Hospital say they are being compelled to refer patients to other hospitals due to lack of space to accommodate patients.

The project is currently in deteriorating state.

Unused building materials have been left to the mercy of the rain while weeds have engulfed the abandoned project in the hospital.

Patients are being treated on corridors of the facility due to lack of space whilst males and females share ward at the emergency ward and other wards of the facility.

Speaking in an interview with our news team, the Medical Superintendent of the Tafo Government Hospital, Dr Kwame Agyemang, said the situation in the hospital was being compounded by the daily increases in the admission of patients.

According to him, management was sometimes compelled to refer patients to other medical centres because of lack of space.

“I wonder why such a laudable project could be left at the mercy of the sun and rains. A huge sum of money has been invested so far, and it is very bad that the government has not given it any serious attention,” he stated.

He expressed worry about the government’s inability to complete such an important project, making an appeal to the state and other organizations to help complete the project to reduce congestion in the facility.

By Benjamin Aidoo|AkomaFM|Onuaonline.com