GHANA – Ghana’s Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has been refurbished with ultra-modern equipment at the cost of GH¢30 million (US$4m) to enhance access to quality healthcare services across the Kumasi region.
Some of the advanced machines purchased include Surgical Plants, two Oxygen plants with various accessories, an Electroconvulsive Therapy machine, Endoscopic suits for medical directorates, 128 slice Siemens CT scan and UV – VIS Spectrophotometer.
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital financed the entire operation in an effort to provide a broader range of specialist care to the public and training of healthcare professionals in the country.
The renovation project is part of the hospital’s management and other stakeholders’ commitment to the enhancement of the hospital’s resilience and the healthcare system of the country gin general.
In 2021, the hospital held a Performance Review meeting in Kumasi under the theme ‘Building a resilient and affordable healthcare system: the role of Teaching Hospitals and the Healthcare Practitioner’.
The meeting presented an opportunity for participants to formally and comprehensively access the collective performance of the various directorates and units against set targets and devise strategies to address the challenges.
It also gave them the platform to introduce the new board to the staff of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital and the hospital has since witnessed an appreciable increase in all clinical performance among other related indicators.
Building a resilient healthcare system requires the right investment for health institutions, staff motivation and welfare as well as the creation of enabling environment for research, innovation, and learning.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KATH Dr Oheneba Owusu-Danso pointed out that some units had been recently renovated and retooled including the maternity bloc and the KATH guest house.
Other renovations include reconstruction and asphalting of the hospital’s roads and car parks, the construction of a pediatric care unit and the construction of a four-story building for officers.
He further said that healthcare Is a human right issue regardless of socio-economic status and Ghanaians must not be denied healthcare due to the cost.
PharmaAccess launches US$36m Medical Credit Fund phase II
Meanwhile, International health organization PharmAccess has launched phase two of its Medical Credit Fund worth US$36m to help resolve some of the funding challenges in the health sector in Ghana.
The funding round was led by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affair with other investors like CDC Group, FMO, SwedFund and Philips.
The Medical Fund is a loan facility that intends to reduce the challenges faced by small and medium sized healthcare companies in accessing loans and other credit facilities to widen their operations and expand their outreach.
The US$36m Medical Fund will also help boost Ghana’s healthcare delivery to make health care delivery more sustainable and effective.
Additionally, it will deploy innovative digital finance solutions to increase investments in Africa’s health infrastructure and improve access to better primary healthcare services in Africa.
The project is currently operational in current other African countries such as Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda with hopes to expand to other countries over time.
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