The Asonomaso Hospital in the Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region will soon get a 50 bed surgery ward. Member of Parliament for Kwabre-East, Kofi Frimpong, through the MPs’ Common Fund is collaborating with the hospital management to finance construction of the unit. The Asonomaso Hospital has seen no expansion in infrastructure since it was upgraded from a health centre five years ago. The hospital, which serves about 20,000 inhabitants of Asonomaso and surrounding communities, presently has only eight beds for females and four for males. This has compelled hospital authorities to refer most cases which require admission to other health centres. At a sod-cutting ceremony for work to begin on the project, Medical Superintendent, Dr. Kweku Boateng told Luv News sometimes patients are compelled to share the ward with others with contagious ailments. He says the hospital authorities are sometimes compelled to cramp many patients in the wards, including psychiatric patients, a situation he believes can be very dangerous. Dr. Boateng is hopeful the construction of the 50 bed surgical ward, due for completion within eighteen months would ease pressure on existing facilities. According to him, the old facilities would be used for emergency purposes when the new ward is completed. Dr Boateng is optimistic this will also enable the hospital deal with more serious cases it hitherto referred to other health facilities.