Five ‘last mile’ communities in the Upper West Region receive five ambulances after years of struggling to access healthcare

Reported by MyJoyOnline · 2 hours ago · Caleb Ahinakwah

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Nadogobo Suglo remembers the night his son got hurt. There had been an accident. The boy needed a hospital, fast. But Suglo's village sits far from town, at the end of a road full of holes and loose stones. There was no ambulance to call. No car nearby. Just neighbours, and a long, slow search for…

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