Pregnant women at Bomaa in the Tano North District of the Brong-Ahafo Region has appealed to the Government to reconstruct the 12-kilometre Onwi-Bomaa road to save lives.
They were sad that many of them had miscarriage on their way to attend antenatal clinics at the Bomaa Health Center because of the poor nature of the road.
Mrs Philomena Atippoe, Midwife in-charge at the Bomaa Health Center, made the appeal on behalf of the pregnant women when Mrs Freda Prempeh, Member of Parliament for Tano North, presented medical equipments to the center on Tuesday.
The items, estimated at GH�30,000 included sterilizer machines, weighing and hanging scales, stethoscope, BP apparatus and examination lights and couch.
Others are episiotomy sets, autoclave buckets, instrument trolley, wheel chairs, over-bed tables, computer and accessories and a printer.
Mrs Atippoe said because of the poor nature of the road most pregnant women sought the services of traditional birth attendants and report to the center when cases became complicated.
She said maternal mortality had increased in the area because instead of women to attend antenatal clinics regularly, they used herbs which sometimes affected the health of their unborn babies.
Mrs Attipoe said due to the dusty nature of the road asthma was also very high in the area.
Mrs Prempeh said the poor nature of the road remained a great challenge to the people and appealed to the district assembly to re-gravel it.
She expressed concern that the GH�27,000 MPs share of the Common Fund was not enough and advised the people in the constituency to exercise patience while she sought support from development partners to provide some of their immediate needs.
Mrs Prempeh advised the pregnant women to ensure that they attended antenatal clinics regularly to avoid complications during labour.
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