AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine, has inaugurated an ultra-modern Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound and nurses’ quarters for the people of Mamiriwa No. 2 in the Obuasi West Municipality.
The facility, constructed under the AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi Community Trust Fund, will serve residents of Mamiriwa No. 2, Mamiriwa No. 1, Abanmu, and other neighbouring communities, who previously had to travel several miles to access primary healthcare in Obuasi township.
Built at a cost of about GH¢2.5 million, the compound comprises an Out-Patient Department (OPD), male and female wards, dispensary, records office, Reproductive and Child Health (RCH) unit, antenatal unit, consulting room, dressing room, examination room, labour ward, and lying-in ward.
It is expected to provide critical services including health education, lifestyle counselling, family planning, childhood vaccination, as well as basic clinical, antenatal, and delivery care.
Since its establishment in 2012, the AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Community Trust Fund has implemented developmental projects in education, health, sanitation, and economic empowerment. Since 2019, AGA has contributed $2 per ounce of gold produced to the Fund.
At a short ceremony to hand over the project, Mr. Kwabena Bempong Marfo, Board Chairman of the Trust Fund, described the facility as a major milestone in extending healthcare services to AngloGold Ashanti’s host communities.
“The CHPS compound will ensure that Mamiriwa No. 2 and its surrounding areas receive timely healthcare. In addition, the provision of housing for health workers will enable them to deliver quality services without difficulty,” he said.
He noted that the initiative formed part of the Fund’s wider investments in skills development, education, water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Mrs. Faustilove Appiah Kannin, Obuasi West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), commended the Trust Fund for investing massively in infrastructure and youth skills development. She stressed that private sector involvement in development created room for government to focus on other priority areas.
She also pledged the Assembly’s commitment to rehabilitate the road linking Mamiriwa No. 2 to the rest of Obuasi.
Some residents of Mamiriwa No. 2 expressed gratitude for the facility.
“We have suffered for years due to the absence of a health facility in this area. We had to travel long distances to Kunka and the Obuasi Government Hospital to seek medical care, which was very difficult, especially with children. We thank the Trust Fund for this timely intervention,” said Barikisu Salam, a resident.
Since 2019, AngloGold Ashanti has contributed a total of GH¢22,787,550.64 to the Obuasi Community Trust Fund, supporting impactful projects in health, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), education, and youth skills development. Each initiative reflects the company’s belief that community development must remain an integral part of its business growth.