The Regional Minister, Kwasi Adu-Gyan (seated 2nd right), and other members of the committee
The Bono East Region has recorded the first case of Monkey Pox disease, but authorities have assured the public that they are working tirelessly to prevent its spread.
The first Monkey Pox patient is a worker in Techiman, and was among some eight other people whose samples were taken for laboratory tests. He is said to be responding well to treatment while in isolation.
Regional Minister Kwasi Adu-Gyan confirmed this in Techiman during the inauguration ceremony of the 9-member Bono East Regional Health Committee.
They were sworn in by Dr. Sefa Sarpong Bediako, the chairman of the Ghana Health Service Council.
Membership
The committee, chaired by Dr. Baffoe Gyan, a Heart Surgeon at the University of Ghana Medical Centre in Accra, has the Regional Minister and Nana Kwame Baffoe, Omanhene of Nkoranza as members.
Other members are the Regional Director of Health Services, the Regional Chief Imam, a representative of the Christian Council of Churches as well as Dr. King David Kwao Amoah, Mr. David Kwame Diawuo and Mrs. Charlotte Tawiah.
The Regional Minister, in his brief remark, charged members of the committee to discharge their duties effectively to improve health care delivery in the region.
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