New health post commissioned at Maikwak

The new health post (GINA photo)

An $8.5M health post was recently commissioned in Maikwak, Region 8 by Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Norman Whittaker.

A release from the Government Information Agency (GINA) said that the residents will receive improved health care as the building replaced an old wooden structure that had previously served as the health post, which had been infested with mites and bats, and had leaked in rainy weather.

The health post was completed in January 2014. It has an examination room,