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New eye clinic opens at Denu to serve eye health needs
Salaria Eyemed and Optical Suppliers, an eye medical health facility has opened a new branch at Denu in the Volta Region, to cater for the eye health needs of the people of Ketu South Municipality.
The Denu branch is the third of the health facility that has been in operation from 2018, with branches in Ho and Accra.
Dr Abraham Gaitu, the Chief Executive Officer of Salaria Eyemed at the opening ceremony, said the decision to open a branch at Denu was informed by the desire to serve the eye health interests of the people, having embarked on two earlier outreach programmes in the area
He said Salaria Eyemed was committed to the provision of quality eye care services to all social classes and guided by core values of excellence, professionalism, teamwork, people-centred, discipline and integrity.
It was poised to provide services including comprehensive eye examination, treatment of eye conditions, and dispensing spectacles and contact lenses at the new branch.
Dr Gaitu said they would do this through state-of-the-art equipment and highly qualified staff to ensure the best customer experience, announcing their presence in the municipality with some free services to benefit the people.
“To kickstart our services, we are embarking on a free screening programme on March 4-6 at the same venue. We therefore entreat everyone to recommend the eye screening to our family, friends and work colleagues.
“Furthermore, we will be providing free eye consultation for the entire month of March with the possibility of extending same beyond March,” he said.
The purpose of this exercise was to help elicit avoidable blinding conditions such as cataract, adding that it was interesting to note that there were several people living blind because of cataract due to lack of access to eye care services.
He identified another condition worth mentioning to be glaucoma, which he described as ‘the silent thief of sight’ and the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide.
Mr David Yao Agbokpe, the Municipal Director of Health Services through his representative appreciated the coming of Salaria Eyemed saying, its presence would add to the two other eye health facilities to improve eye health in the municipality.
Mr Jarvis Coffie, the Municipal National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Manager hinted of plans to work to have the facility to become a NHIS credentialed health facility so more subscribers could access its services.
Mr David Eglu, the Assemblyman for Adafienu pledged to work to ensure the facility embarked on outreach programmes to serve people in hard-to-reach areas in the Municipality.
—GNA
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NTC staff demonstrate prowess in fire fighting
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) on Tuesday held a sensitisation workshop on fire safety for staff of the New Times Corporation (NTC), publishers of The Ghanaian Times and The Spectator.
It created awareness on fire prevention and safety measures to prevent fire in the home or office.
During the practical session, a section of the staff were taken through fire outbreaks drills steps to take in fire .
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one of the traditional
way to combat fire
Nortey led the demonstration exercise
to staff before the demonstration exercise
of staff Herty Nortey to put off a fire
Can-Tamakloe trying to
extinguish the fire
Led by Assistant Divisional Officer (ADO 1) Isaac Tengfaa, the staff were taught how to use the different types of fire extinguishers to combat fire.
He said it was important for home owners and office workers to put off every electrical gadget at work before leaving for their respective home because more fires in offices occur at closing hours.
He said fire incidence often resulted from carelessness, ignorance or natural occurrence.
Supported by ADO I Richard Mensah, ADO I Eunice Ceasar and Fire woman Anita Amponsah, some of the staff tried their hands on the fire extinguishers and other modes of combatting fire.
By Linda Abrefie Wadie
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GJA commits to fighting ‘galamsey’
The President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr Kwabena Dwumfour, has expressed the association’s commitment to the fight against illegal mining, known in the local parlance as ‘galamsey.’
According to him, the association was worried that forest reserves, water bodies and farm lands were being destroyed and degraded, all in the name of gold mining.
He said this when he addressed a press conference on issues affecting the nation and welfare of Journalists.
The GJA president indicated that in the mining communities, law and order were crumbling with impunity, with associated human right abuses, adverse and forced possessions of individual lands and farms while the decentralised administrative arms of government and traditional authorities seem to be helpless.
Turning his attention to assurances given by President John Dramani Mahama to fight illegal mining, the GJA President stressed that those assurances were welcomed, but urged the President to honour them.
“We welcome the assurances and commitment of President Mahama towards the fight against galamsey and it is our prayer that he will not relent or give up but honour his promise of stopping illegal mining in the country,” Mr Dwumfour emphasised.
He pledged the GJA’s support for the government in curbing the menace.
“We reiterate our condemnation of all illegal mining activities and demand urgent steps to be taken to tackle the issues head-on. There should be strict enforcement of all mining laws and regulations without any concessions, as well as the imposition of maximum sentences on offenders. This is a reliable approach to addressing this issue,” Mr Dwumfour added.
“The GJA urges the media to maintain the galamsey issue at the forefront until the menace was eliminated. As indicated in previous press conferences, we will not stop highlighting the issues until Galamsey stops,” he urged.
