Awudua ne mpɔtam a ɛbɛn hɔ kuromfoɔ a wɔboro 260 wɔ Western Region nyaa kwan foforɔ de kɔ apɔwmuden mmoa ho berɛ a wɔyɛɛ foforɔ, siesiae anaa wɔseseeyɛɛ wɔn National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) kaade no wɔ kwa apɔwmuden dwumadie a Gold Fields Ghana Foundation yɛee no mu.

Apɔwmuden dwumadie no, a wɔne Unilever Ghana ne Diagnostic Centre Limited yɛeɛ no, nso de kwa nhwehwɛmu maa Hepatitis B, HIV, nsamanwa (tuberculosis) ne apɔwmuden mu nsɛm foforɔ sɔɔ hwɛeɛ de ka dwumadi a ɛhyɛ Wiase Hepatitis Da no nsɔ.

Foundation paninfoɔ kae sɛ Health Engagement Access Link (HEAL) Dwumadie no, a ɛgye mborɔ GH¢452,000 de yɛeɛ no, wɔyɛeɛ sɛ ɛde apɔwmuden mmoa a ɛho hia bɛbɛn mpɔtam hɔfoɔ a taa hyia haw wɔ ayaresabea a ɛyɛ titiriw ho.

Ka nnipa 265 a wɔnyaa mmoa firii NHIS dinhyɛ, foforɔyɛ anaa kaade seseyɛ mu ho no, dwumadie no nso yɛɛ Hepatitis B nhwehwɛmu 180, HIV nhwehwɛmu 121, ani ho nhwehwɛmu 98, Aso, Hwene ne Mene (ENT) nhwehwɛmu 70, se ho nhwehwɛmu 50 ne nsamanwa nhwehwɛmu 46.

Mpɔtam hɔfoɔ nso nyaa mogya mu kyene (blood glucose), mogya mboroso (blood pressure), atiridii (malaria), typhoid ne haemoglobin sɔhwɛ, mpo ultrasound scan, X-ray dwumadie, spirometry ne aduru a ɛyɛ kwa.

Apɔwmuden dwumadie no mu ade titiriw bi ne sɛ wɔde laboratri ne nhwehwɛmu a ɛyɛ kwa maeɛ nam abusuabɔ a wɔne Diagnostic Centre Limited nyaeɛ no so.

Kumpani no tuaa nhwehwɛmu sɔhwɛ no nyinaa ka, a Hepatitis B, HIV, haemoglobin, blood glucose, typhoid nhwehwɛmu, ultrasound scans, X-rays ne spirometry ka ho, a ɛmaa mpɔtam hɔfoɔ nyaa dwumadie titiriw yi a wɔantua hwee.

Unilever Ghana nso kyɛɛ ankorankorɛ ne fie ahotew nneɛma, a ɛbi ne se aduru, aguare samina ne ntoma ho samina, de maa abotafowa no de hyɛɛ apɔwmuden nkyerɛkyerɛ den wɔ anomu ne ankorankorɛ ahotew ho a ɛboro da koro dwumadie no so.

Gold Fields Ghana Foundation Soɔkyerefoɔ Panyin, Abdel-Razak Yakubu, kae sɛ Foundation no botaeɛ ne sɛ wɔbɛte nneɛma a ɛsi apɔwmuden mmoa kwan so no so denam apɔwmuden dwumadie a wɔde kɔ mpɔtam hɔ tɛɛ no so.

“Yɛde ayaresabea no ba mpɔtam hɔfoɔ fie anowa pɛɛ. Ɛno ne yɛn anisoadehyeɛ: apɔwmuden a ɛsi nyarewa kwan,” ɛno ne deɛ ɔkaeɛ.

HEAL Dwumadie no yɛ Foundation no mpɔtam adanmude nhyehyɛeɛ kɛseɛ no fã, a ɛsi apɔwmuden mmoa pa a wobɛnya so dua berɛ a wɔrehyɛ nyarewa kwansi ne berɛ a ɛfata a wɔbɛhu yareɛ wɔ wɔn mpɔtam hɔ no mu den.