MP Jerry Shaib frustrated over unopened children’s hospital
Jerry Ahmed Shaib has had enough of courtesy meetings and empty assurances. The Member of Parliament for Weija-Gbawe says repeated visits to the Health Minister over the commissioning of a completed Children’s Specialist Hospital in his constituency have yielded nothing but the same rehearsed responses, and his patience has run out.
Speaking on The Pulse on May 5, the MP said he has engaged the minister at least three or four times, each time walking away with promises and no timeline.
“I’m tired of asking the same questions and getting the same answers,” he said. “I’ve been to the Minister at least three or four times, and I keep getting the same response. There’s no progress.”
The repeated dead ends have begun to erode his belief that the situation will change anytime soon. “I’m losing the interest that even if I go there, all I’m going to get is hope. The hospital is still in the same shape, and nobody wants to commission it,” he added.
Shaib was careful to frame his frustration not as a political grievance but as an advocacy failure, one with real consequences for real people. He argued that the facility’s importance stretches well beyond his constituency, making its continued closure a regional and national issue.
“This facility is not going to save Weija-Gbawe alone. It’s going to serve Kasoa, beyond, even the Central and Western regions,” he said, adding that the hospital is fully equipped and ready to function as a specialist children’s health centre. “It’s a very beautiful facility. It has everything required to run as a specialist children’s hospital.”
With his direct approaches to the minister having stalled, the MP turned to the media to amplify the call. “The way forward is to urge you and your platform to reach out to the Minister and the President, so they understand that the people of Weija-Gbawe and beyond are crying for the use of this facility,” he stated.
He was equally firm that the commissioning, when it eventually happens, should not become a political trophy for any party or individual. The only thing that matters, he stressed, is getting the hospital open and serving patients.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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