The Ghana Health
Service (GHS) has expressed satisfaction with the health conditions in the
affected Tongu Districts, despite the recent flooding and subsequent water
stagnation.
Dr. Patrick
Kuma-Aboagye, Director-General of the GHS, who visited some affected areas in
the three Tongu Districts, noted in an interview that they were pleased that no
disease outbreaks had been reported in the two weeks since the disaster.
“We are quite
satisfied that two weeks into this disaster, we have not had any outbreak of
disease, which often happens in many countries and many places. So, we have
simply come to support the districts in continuing the work they are doing,” he
stated.
Dr. Kuma-Aboagye
added, “We have brought some relief items, as well as mental health experts and
psychologists, to assess the situation and determine what needs to be done. In
the long term, those who have been displaced will need psycho-social support, and
we are also here to look at the plight of the 271 health workers who are part
of the displaced community.”
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