Public Health Minister Dr George Norton last week turned the sod for the construction of a new health post at Kurutuku, in Region Seven.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Public Health, the new health post will benefit some 100 persons residing in Kurutuku and neighbouring villages. Construction is expected to commence within the next few days, since the materials have already been procured and the contractor is already on site.
Norton pointed out that the village is a far distance from Bartica, where the nearest hospital and nearest airstrip at Eteringbang are located. According to him, it is expected that basic deliveries will be done at the new health post, which would also provide pre- and post-natal care and other inpatient services, particularly for malaria patients, the release stated.
