Our follow up visit to Kwahu Praso went well, but not without some items for improvement and a couple of opportunities.
Last year’s blog was almost all about Kwahu Praso and what services and role the clinic plays in the community and support of the more remote villages. Mr. Francis Kumasi, the lead physicians tech and head of staff, got a new assignment and the new head of staff and physicians tech is a gentlemen named Daniel Tete. Although new to the role at the clinic, Daniel is not new to the clinic. His wife Winifred was with us last year as she is the #2 person at the clinic - so they are now both at Kwahu Praso along with their 3 year old son Emanuel.
We left Accra yesterday morning around 8:00 a.m. and after weaving through Accra traffic, made our way our to of Accra and into the coastal mountains for our 3.5 hour journey. I have written about the roads, driving, traffic, etc. before but when it comes to the rural highways in Ghana the speed bumps, rumble strips, pot holes, dirt roads, etc. one feel like a piece of popping corn in the car as we drove from Accra to Kwahu Praso.
We saw many of our friends from last year, Stefan, Julia, Paulina, and so on. Many of the mid-wives in training from last year had moved on and their were a new set training.
The clinic is defiantly using the water with two dispensers in two of the five wards. Mr. Tete believes that the use of the treated water in the clinic has cut weigh down on the water born health issues the clinic typically has to worry about with patients - especially the expecting mothers.
The 3 schools receiving the water have all embraced the use of the water. Two of the three schools have purchases additional bottles to make their refill process easier and really could use more bottles according to Stefan and Mr. Tete. The third school is farther away from the clinic than the other two and their struggle is just getting the bottles to/from the clinic. Stefan is working with them to develop a transportation plan for the bottles.
I’ll post some specific things about the clinic.
We left the clinic around 4 p.m. for the 3.5 hour journey to Abokobi where we arrived after dark in time to get our room and turn in for the evening.
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