The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency has expressed gratitude to Dr. Taurus Valmont for volunteering to conduct regular free surgeries at the newly commissioned J.E. Atta Mills Surgical Block in his constituency.
In a post, he made on his official Facebook page, he wrote… “Kindly permit me to celebrate Dr. Taurus Valmont, the top O&G specialist who successfully delivered a complicated case of Siamese twins in 2021 for volunteering to conduct regular free surgeries in our new J.E. Atta Mills Surgical Block.”
The new surgical theatre block was constructed for the St. Anne’s Polyclinic at Tagadzi in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region.
The project will make surgical operations more accessible to the people, especially pregnant women.
Until the completion of the project, pregnant women in labour often had to cross a river to the Battor Catholic Hospital or be referred to hospitals at Akuse, Akosombo or Ho to undergo safe delivery by caesarian section.
Named after former President John Evans Atta Mills, the surgical block is equipped with modern medical equipment to enhance healthcare delivery.
It was jointly funded by the National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament (MP) FOR the North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and his wife, Nuhela, the traditional authorities, a Spanish-based Catholic non-profit entity, Manos Unidas, and a Kentucky-based NGO, Supplies Overseas.
Fruit of partnership
Addressing a gathering of chiefs and people of the area Tuesday (Oct 18) during the inaugural ceremony, Mr. Okudzeto Ablakwa said it was through the “beauty of partnership” that the project had been completed.
“What we see here today is the fruit of coming together, collaborating and cooperating and it tells me one thing, that if we are united and come together and purpose in our heart, absolutely nothing can stop us from achieving our objective,” he said.
He expressed profound appreciation to the traditional authorities for releasing land for the project, the Catholic church, Manos Unidas which donated €90,000 for the edifice, Supplies Overseas that provided the medical equipment as well as his wife and 10-year-old daughter, who provided furnishing and paintings respectively for the facility.
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He said when Manos Unidas decided to fund the project construction, they requested for a partner that could make a commitment to help equip the surgical block in order not to make the project a white elephant.
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