The Underground Mining Alliance (UMA)–Subika, a service provider operating at the Newmont Ahafo South Mines, has donated a range of critical medical equipment to the Amomaso Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound.
The intervention, carried out on Friday, 15 May 2026, forms part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives aimed at strengthening primary healthcare delivery in the Asutifi North District.
This latest support builds on earlier donations, where the mining firm provided medical equipment worth GH₵104,000 to the Kramokrom and Koforidua CHPS compounds, helping to reinforce the district’s primary healthcare network.
The items presented to the Amomaso facility include essential diagnostic and maternal health equipment such as hospital beds, a delivery bed, an autoclave machine, an infant scale, a blood pressure monitor, a thermometer gun, circumcision instruments and a fetal Doppler.
The Amomaso health facility also serves four surrounding farming communities — Centre, Besease, Panaaba and Ninkyeama — with residents depending heavily on the CHPS compound for timely primary healthcare.
Before the recent intervention, the facility was constrained by serious infrastructure and equipment challenges. Health workers were often forced to refer even basic cases to distant hospitals due to the absence of essential medical tools.
The In-Charge of the facility, Joyce Sarfo, explained that staff frequently had no choice but to transfer patients who could otherwise have been treated locally if the right equipment had been available.
She noted that the situation became even more difficult during the rainy season, when heavy downpours led to a spike in seasonal illnesses and emergencies such as snakebites.
Nana Asamoah Wih III, the Odikro of Amomaso, recalled the difficult conditions residents faced when seeking emergency medical care, revealing that heavily pregnant women and critically injured patients often had to be transported on motorcycles along the badly deteriorated Amomaso-Wamahinso road.
According to him, travelling long distances to Ntotroso to access functional healthcare services under such harsh conditions placed vulnerable patients, especially mothers and newborns, at serious risk.
With the arrival of the new medical equipment, the health facility is now expected to stabilise patients on-site before referrals are made when necessary.
Ms Sarfo assured the community that the equipment would be used responsibly and properly maintained to ensure it delivers long-term benefits and saves more lives.
Studies conducted across mining communities in sub-Saharan Africa continue to show that direct investment in healthcare infrastructure plays a vital role in promoting sustainable community development.
Data from global mining health initiatives continue to show that strong primary healthcare partnerships deliver measurable social and economic benefits.
According to findings from collaborative public-private health programmes, such partnerships help reduce disease burdens, lower mortality rates and improve the overall standard of living in rural communities.
Speaking at the handing-over ceremony, Joseph Osei, Purchasing Supervisor at UMA and a member of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team, said the company’s community development approach goes beyond profit and production targets.
“The company cannot employ every person, but our presence must be beneficial to residents, especially hard-to-reach rural communities,” he stated.
Mr Osei revealed that the community’s request for support was submitted after the company had already finalised its annual budget. However, he said management decided to release additional funds because of the urgent humanitarian nature of the request.
“Because the appeal was directly linked to saving lives, management made the decision to mobilise extra resources immediately to support the community,” he explained.
He also urged managers of the facility and members of the community to ensure the equipment is used responsibly and properly maintained to preserve it for future generations.
The donation forms part of a broader series of health and infrastructure support initiatives undertaken by UMA across the region.
Previously, the company financed the construction of a GH₵700,000 walkway at the Asutifi North Government Hospital in Kenyasi, easing the burden on health workers who had been forced to carry heavy oxygen cylinders across damaged and uneven grounds.
UMA has also supported life-saving corrective heart surgeries for children in the area, including Ellise Akyedie Agyapong and Aaron Dadzie.
In addition, the company partnered with Newmont to construct a Child Welfare Clinic at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Hwediem.