Presidential Advisor on Well being, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare
The Presidential Advisor on Well being, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has challenged the Nationwide Democratic Congress (NDC) to call a single hospital that was began and accomplished below the John Mahama administration, other than the Dodowa Hospital.
The NDC continues to tout its achievements within the well being sector throughout Mahama’s tenure, which resulted in 2016, steadily mentioning that many well being amenities have been constructed below his administration.
The Mahama administration is usually credited with constructing two model new educating hospitals: the 617-bed College of Ghana Educating Hospital and the second part of the Tamale Educating Hospital Growth Challenge, including 400 beds to make it an 800-bed facility, following the preliminary 400-bed provision below the primary part of the mission.
Three institutional hospitals have been additionally constructed: the 500-bed Navy Hospital Challenge in Kumasi, the 104-bed Police Hospital in Accra, and the 130-bed Maritime Hospital in Tema.
Moreover, 4 regional hospitals have been constructed: the 420-bed Ridge Hospital Growth Challenge in Accra, the 250-bed Ashanti Regional Hospital at Sewua in Kumasi, the 295-bed Bolgatanga Regional Hospital, and the 160-bed Higher West Regional Hospital.
Moreover, seven district hospitals, every with a capability of 120 beds, have been accomplished at Dodowa, Fomena, Kumawu, Abetifi, and different areas.
Six extra district hospitals, with 60-bed capacities, have been inbuilt Tepa, Nkawkaw, Konongo, Salaga, Twifo Praso, together with the 100-bed Madina Hospital and the 120-bed Bekwai Hospital.
Nevertheless, talking on Accra-based Asaasepa Radio, as monitored by GhanaWeb, Dr. Nsiah-Asare insisted that just one hospital was began and accomplished by the Mahama administration — the Dodowa District Hospital (Shai Osudoku District Hospital).
“The Akufo-Addo authorities accomplished the College of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC). The frontage of the power which served as Maternity Block was not accomplished. This NDC authorities ought to title one hospital other than the Dodowa District Hospital, (Shai Osodoku District Hospital) that they began and accomplished. There’s none. Even the Ridge hospital that they pleasure themselves with, is uncompleted. There is no OPD on the Ridge Hospital. You continue to have roofing sheets utilized in masking the power, that tells you that the mission remains to be not accomplished,” he acknowledged.
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