Dr Charity Sarpong, the Eastern Regional Director of Health Services, has called for extension of medical services to people in remote communities.

She said government in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) would soon introduce health care chits to enable people in deprived communities to have easy access to quality health care services.

Dr Sarpong said this at the inauguration of a five day medical outreach programme held at Atibie in the Kwahu East District.

The programme, she said, is to provide health care services to people in deprived communities.

Dr Sarpong said the programme will be replicated at Kwahu Tafo, Ayensuano and Akyemase saying it is geared towards increasing access to free and quality health care services by people in deprived communities.

She said staffs of GHS when posted to deprived areas should be given technical support by the assemblies so as to carry out their duties effectively and urged the indigenes of the stated areas to take advantage of the exercise.

Mr Hebert Siaw Quaye, the Kwahu East District Chief Executive, pledged the assembly’s support to ensure the success of the exercise in the municipality and called on the people to come out in their numbers to participate in the exercise.

Madam Comfort Tenkorangmaa, a beneficiary of the exercise, told the Ghana News Agency, that she was happy to participate in the exercise and commended the Ghana Health Service for the initiative.

Another beneficiary from Aduamoah in the Kwahu East District, Mr Kweku Ntim also added that he has been given enough medication even without the Health Insurance ID card and thanked government, MOH and GHS for their decision to extend such services to the rural areas.