Residents of Dwomo in the Shama district of the Western region are intensifying calls for a permanent health facility, as their only CHPS compound continues to operate from a rented apartment shared with other tenants.
The arrangement raises serious privacy concerns and discourages access to essential services such as family planning and safe delivery.
The renewed appeal comes on the back of the government’s release of the first tranche of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), earmarked in the 2025 budget to support community projects and improve service delivery.
Currently, the CHPS compound serves over 3,000 residents but is battling space constraints and poor infrastructure.
Health workers warn the situation is undermining care delivery, as the facility has been denied accreditation under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) due to its rented status.
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This forces services to run on a cash-and-carry basis, pushing many residents to travel long distances to Inchaban or Shama for basic healthcare.
The situation they bemoan is affecting patronage to the facility as residents are compelled to traverse to Inchaban or Shama to seek health.
It will be recalled that government pledged to strengthen direct support to Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) by ensuring that 80 per cent of DACF resources are disbursed straight to local authorities.
Under the 2025 national budget, GH¢7.51 billion has been earmarked for the Common Fund to support key areas such as infrastructure development, sanitation and waste management, education, and health projects.
With the Shama District Assembly confirming receipt of the first tranche of the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF), residents expect their plight will be addressed.
District Chief Executive Paul Otis Dentu disclosed that the Assembly has already received its first-quarter allocation of GH₵2,632,374, which will serve as the initial capital for rolling out improving developmental drive.
“The Assembly has taken notice of some of these fundamental challenges and with government giving us 80 percent of the DACF for us to embark developmental project at the community level we intend to solving some of these challenges” he said
On the part of the community, Patrick Turkson, Assembly Member for Dwomo disclosed the community’s readiness to have a befitting health center is ” ever ready to lease sizable portion of Land for free for the construction of the heath center if our cry fall on the heart of authorities”.
But for now, residents continue to endure the daily struggle of accessing healthcare, with renewed government funding and community commitment, the hope of a modern health facility no longer feels out of reach.
