Host of Maakye on Onua TV/FM, Blessed Godsbrain Smart also known as Captain Smart has pleaded with the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to go to the aid of the flood victims in the Volta region.
He has also called on the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) to join hands with the GMA to provide health screening for the flood victims of the Akosombo Dam spillage.
Sharing his experience after a three-day tour of the place, Captain Smart said the residents of Mepe and its neighbouring communities that were affected need the screening to ascertain the health conditions of the people.
According to him, almost every child in the enclave appears to be having high temperature during his encounter with them over the weekend.
During the Fabewoso segment of the Tuesday, October 31, 2023, edition of the show, he said they recorded over a hundred and fifty (150) pregnant women in the area with almost 40 of them due to deliver.
Going on his knees on live TV, the broadcaster expressed the need for the GRNMA and the GMA to show some love for the victims considering the ramifications of the spillage on their health.
Over 20,000 people have been rendered homeless in some constituencies in the Volta and Eastern regions after the Volta River Authority (VRA) spilled water from the Akosombo and Kpong dams unannounced.
The homes and farmlands of the residents have been submerged with people currently living in school buildings.
The spillage which began on September 15 was effected after the dams reached their maximum levels of storage due to the excessive rains from the northern part of the country.
Donations have come from several quarters to the victims including Media General’s social corporate subsidiary, 3 Foundation.
Several items including clothes, toiletries, water tanks, water, food, and others were solicited from the public for the victims with the first batch of delivery made on Friday, October 27, 2023.
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