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THE NCHIRAA RURAL Clinic in the Wenchi Municipality of the Brong-Ahafo Region, established in 1985 by the British American Tobacco Company, with the community providing labour has, for over 29 years seen no renovation or facelift. It was established to handle maternal health care issues, due to the distance between Nchiraa and Wenchi, the Municipal capital. Other services such as dressing of wounds, taking care of malaria cases, as well as other diseases, were later included. The facility lacks staff accommodation, as all four community health nurses live far away from the clinic, thereby making it difficult for them to attend to night calls. With a population of 10,000, Nchiraa and its surrounding communities have four community health nurses, a midwife, and other paramedics taking care of the health needs of the people. Fortunately for the chiefs and people of Nchiraa, the facility has benefited from a GH�50,000 rehabilitation project from the Member of Parliament for the area, Professor George Gyan Baffour. Professor George Gyan Baffour used part of his share of the MP�s Common Fund to rehabilitate the clinic, as well as provide some equipment to aid the work of the clinic. Commissioning the rehabilitated Nchiraa Clinic, Professor George Gyan Baffour noted that access to quality healthcare and education were his main targets to achieve accelerated development in the constituency. He stated that the MP�s share of the Common Fund is not meant for party activities, hence his decision to use part of it for the rehabilitation project. He advised the people of Nhciraa to eschew the politicisation of development projects to the area. The Midwife in-charge of the Nchiraa Rural Clinic, Madam Agatha Sheshie, told newsmen that the facility needed delivery sets, nurse�s quarters, a stand-by generator plant, and an ambulance to give quality health care.