Residents in Ataso are asking the government to address a health crisis that has left the farming community without medical facilities. The Atwima Mponua District settlement relies on wooden carriers, motor tricycles and motorbikes to transport sick people to hospitals in neighboring towns. A land dispute has blocked construction of a planned health center after the local chief said the proposed site was part of a cemetery.
Unit Committee Vice Chairman Kwame Ben has appealed to regional leaders to resolve the conflict and begin work on the facility. Emergency patients must be strapped to wooden structures and carried on foot to roadsides before being transferred to vehicles. Poor road conditions worsen the dangerous trips to health centers in Kotokuom, Nkawie or Toase.
Community members say pregnant women and accident victims face life-threatening delays during medical emergencies. The settlement has asked authorities, nonprofits and donors to provide an ambulance service and improve road access along with building the health post.
Unit Committee Vice Chairman Kwame Ben has appealed to regional leaders to resolve the conflict and begin work on the facility. Emergency patients must be strapped to wooden structures and carried on foot to roadsides before being transferred to vehicles. Poor road conditions worsen the dangerous trips to health centers in Kotokuom, Nkawie or Toase.
Community members say pregnant women and accident victims face life-threatening delays during medical emergencies. The settlement has asked authorities, nonprofits and donors to provide an ambulance service and improve road access along with building the health post.
