Management of the University of Well being and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in the Volta Regional money of Ho has lamented the bad state of accessibility roadways to the primary campus.
This poses a good obstacle to the institution’s contribution to the struggle in opposition to the distribute of the coronavirus by supplying immediate screening of samples of suspected situations.
Construction of access roadways and Interior selection road networks which was awarded in 2012 experienced stalled for more than 3 years due to the unavailability of resources.
As section of conditions for the construction of the University’s School of Standard and Biomedical Sciences, with funding from China, federal government was obliged to finance construction of internal range street network and give utilities.
Construction of the 17.3 kilometres road community was subsequently awarded to Uffuya Ghana confined.
Will work started on the network in 2012, and was anticipated to be accomplished just after 18 months.
Within a 4 decades time period, only 8.3% of the ¢41.6 million venture was performed.
60% of the Internal array street network was cleared, when initial seal was used to about a kilometer of the network. Drains and walkways alongside the sealed part have not been concluded.
The contractor in December 2016 packed out of site abandoning the venture, leaving the streets to deteriorate by the day.
The UHAS Director of Operates and Physical Growth, William Vidogah, discussed that the hold off in completing the interior assortment street network could impact graduation of the design of the Central administration and the School Nursing and Midwifery.
“One of the Pre conditions for the China phase two task which is the building of the Central administration and the School Nursing and Midwifery, is the design of obtain roadways. As you can see the accessibility highway to the site is but to be accomplished.”
“That can have an effect on the begin of section two of the undertaking. There was supposed to be a highway and drainage on both of those sides,” he added.
Pursuing the emergence of the coronavirus in Ghana, UHAS was qualified to exam suspected samples to diagnose Covid-19.
This would make the establishment a major stakeholder in the combat against the spread of the coronavirus in the Volta and Oti Regions.
Nonetheless, the deplorable point out of the deserted Sokode-Titrinu bypass and internal array streets impedes endeavours by the institution to make certain suspected coronavirus cases are fast diagnosed for early remedy.
The bypass which was also awarded for development in 2012 has since been deserted by First Sky Construction Minimal.
Motorists who transportation suspected coronavirus samples to the lab indicated that the point out of the highway does not only impact their cars but puts their lives at danger.
“Sometimes the packing containers which consist of the sample open up simply because of the bumpy nature of the road,” mentioned William Torwogbede, a driver with 1 of the health and fitness facilities in the Volta Area.
The Vice-Chancellor of the College of Health and Allied Science, Prof John Gyapong grieved the deteriorating condition of the institution’s accessibility roads is impacting tutorial will work.
He laments failure by the authorities to place the roadways in condition could jeopardize initiatives in attaining objectives of the College.
“The recent state of our highway is incredibly horrible, I wonder whether or not there is any college in the full huge globe with these kinds of streets.
“Faculty are constantly complaining, our study employees are generally complaining and even for all those of us who have the privilege of working with four-wheeled automobiles, it’s just not attainable to traverse certain parts of the street, particularly when it rains. This is affecting teaching, research and service shipping and delivery.”
He addaed that “it’s these types of a large trouble, we truly require instant intervention, or else instructing and mastering is heading to grind to a halt in this university.”
The University of Overall health and Allied Sciences was proven by Act of Parliament (Act 828) in December 2011).
