Amakom (Ash), Sept 2, – People in the Lake Bosomtwe basin have been advised to refrain from self-medication and patronise the Methodist Church clinic at Amakom. The Reverend Kwaku Asamoah-Okyere, Kumasi District Chairman of the Church, who gave the advice, expressed the hope that the establishment of the health facility would also help discourage the people from going to quack doctors for medical treatment. He was speaking at a durbar organised in his honour during a tour of the Bosomtwe basin. Rev. Asamoah-Okyere spoke of the need for the church and the state to work together to help accelerate the pace of development, particularly in the rural communities. In a welcoming address, the Reverend G.A. Gaisie, the superintendent minister in charge of Brodekwano, appealed to the church to provide the Amakom clinic with an ambulance. He said it should also assist to repair a broken down boat that used to ferry the sick from communities dotted along the lake to the clinic. He drew attention to the shortage of teachers in schools in the area which are under the Methodist Educational Unit and cited the situation at the Esaase Primary School, where there is only one teacher handling six classes. Rev. Asamoah-Okere also visited Nyamiani, Abono, Asisiriwa, Brodekwano, Beposo and Ankaase.
