Deputy Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan Hon. Prof. Grace Ayensu-Danquah, delivers a new facility to residents of Nketsiakrom, a suburb of KojoKrom, as part of her drive to give every community in the constituency a CHPS compound.
The people of Nketsiakrom, a suburb of Kojogrom in the Essikado-Ketan Constituency, can finally breathe a sigh of relief. For years, accessing basic healthcare meant enduring conditions no community should have to accept.
The old CHPS compound operated out of a cramped, rented container store — poorly ventilated, unbearably hot during the day, with space so limited that patients and health workers alike struggled through every consultation. Facilities were inadequate, privacy was impossible, and the environment was anything but conducive to quality healthcare delivery. Health workers, despite their dedication and commitment, had to make the best of what little was available.
That chapter has now closed.
A New Chapter for Nketsiakrom
Hon. Prof. Grace Ayensu-Danquah, Deputy Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Essikado-Ketan Constituency, has commissioned a new, modern CHPS compound for the community. The commissioning marks a significant milestone in the constituency’s journey towards accessible, quality healthcare, and ends a long wait for residents who had grown accustomed to receiving care in conditions far below acceptable standards.
The contrast is stark. Where there was once a rented container store, there now stands a purpose-built facility designed to serve the community with dignity, comfort, and efficiency. Where patients once crowded into a single hot room, there is now space to be treated properly. Where health workers once improvised, there is now an environment fit for the work they do.
This facility represents more than bricks, roofing sheets, and painted walls. It represents hope for mothers, reassurance for parents, dignity for the elderly, and a brighter future for generations yet unborn.
A Vision of Universal Access
For the Deputy Health Minister, the Nketsiakrom project is not an isolated achievement but part of a deliberate, larger mission. Her vision is straightforward and ambitious: every community within the Essikado-Ketan Constituency must have a CHPS compound.
That vision is steadily taking shape. Community by community, the constituency is being transformed — from rented containers and makeshift rooms to purpose-built health facilities that residents can trust. Nketsiakrom now joins the growing list of communities whose wait for decent healthcare infrastructure has ended.
The message from the commissioning was clear: no community in Essikado-Ketan will be left behind, no matter how small or remote. Healthcare is not a privilege reserved for the big towns. It is a right that must reach every doorstep, every suburb, and every village in the constituency.
What It Means for Residents
For the people of Nketsiakrom, the new compound is more than infrastructure, it is reassurance. For expectant mothers, it means a safer, cleaner place to attend antenatal clinics. For parents, it means a facility they can trust with the health of their children. For the elderly, it means care delivered in surroundings that respect their dignity. For the youth, it means healthcare within reach, without the burden of travelling long distances when illness strikes.
For the health workers who once laboured under such difficult conditions, the new compound offers a far more suitable environment to deliver their services — room to treat, room to counsel, room to care properly. It is a facility built not just for today’s residents, but for their children and grandchildren.
A Community Transformed
The commissioning brought together residents, community leaders, and health workers who recalled the difficult years of the old container store. Many described the new facility as a turning point, a visible sign that their community matters and that their health and well-being are a priority to those in authority.
Today, Nketsiakrom turns a new page — a chapter marked by improved infrastructure, renewed hope, and a stronger foundation for healthcare delivery. Tonight, a mother in labour will not be directed to a hot, cramped container. An elderly man will be attended to in a room that respects his dignity.
Thanks to President John Dramani Mahama for his commitment towards healthcare in Ghana, and to Hon. Prof. Grace Ayensu-Danquah for her relentless dedication to the people of Essikado-Ketan — proving that quality healthcare is not a privilege for the few but a right for all, delivered one community at a time.
