Ghana Health Service has handed over a refurbished Medical Store to the Bono East Regional health directorates.
Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Patrick Kuma-Aboagye during the handing over said the refurbished Bono East Regional Medical Store will improve the medical supply chain and health outcomes in the region.
The upgraded 13-room facility which had been abandoned for more than 10 years now has a quarantine zone, administration rooms and offices for store managers, accounts and Regional Supply Manager.
The refurbishment was financed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and comes with measures to inculcate best warehouse practices.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) also procured some logistics, including laptops, to enhance its operations.
The new regional medical store is expected to house a wide range of medicines and equipment and serve as a nerve center for the distribution of supplies to all health facilities in the region.
The Bono East Regional medical director, Dr. Frederick Adomako Boateng said until the inauguration of the medical store, the region with about 372 health facilities relied on the Bono Regional Medical Store in Sunyani where it competed with the Bono and the Ahafo regions for medicines and health commodities.
The situation, according to the directorate, impeded the supply of medicines and other medical tools and equipment.
