Yendi hospital needs more professionals to back up operations

The Yendi Municipal Hospital is critically lacking professionals such as midwives, nurses and doctors, making health care delivery at the hospital ineffective. There are also the problems of inadequate funds to run the health centre and delays in the reimbursement of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) claims. The Municipal Director of Health Service Madam Agong Denisia Kaara said this in her address during the 2014 half year performance review meeting at Yendi, in the Yendi Municipality of Northern Region. Madam Denisia stated that with all the difficulties, the sector has seen a minimal increase in some indicators whiles others have stagnated. She says there is marginal increase in some reproductive and child health indicators such as skilled delivery, Family Planning, antenatal registration as well as post natal care, some immunization antigens, clinical care among others. According to the Director, the Municipal can boast of only seven CHPS zones, with four compounds, out of the twenty-two demarcated CHPS zones, implying that a larger proportion of the population travelled more than eight kilometers to access health care which is not acceptable per the health policy of the country. She pleaded with development partners and other corporate bodies to build more CHPS compounds as well as accommodation facilities to health workers to enhance effective health care delivery in the area. She expressed appreciation to the Assembly for the construction of a CHPS compound at Yimahgu, to increase the geographical access to health service. 

Source:GD/GNA