The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Sat­urday, inaugurated the new Nsuaem Polyclinic to decen­tralise and enhance primary health care in the Tarkwa- Nsuaem mu­nicipality of the Western Region.

The facility has an out-pa­tient-department, a theatre, a scan room, a general ward, maternity ward, Ear and Nose Unit, phar­macy, x-ray, laboratory and general administration. • Dr Bawumia (second from right) assisted by Mr Duker (left) to unveil a plaque at the event.

Speaking at the ceremony, as part of his tour of the Western Region, Dr Bawumia, who is also the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), expressed his joy about the Nsuaem project, led by the Member of Parliament, George Mireku Duker.

He told the gathering that the Party's decision to implement the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) had brought relief to people who were harvesting the benefits.