Ho Teaching Hospital: Asogli chiefs call for improved infrastructure, medical equipment

Chiefs and elders of the Asogli State have raised concerns over inadequate medical equipment, infrastructure deficits and delays in the employment of health professionals, describing the situation at the Ho Teaching Hospital as worrying.

Speaking during an engagement with the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, on Friday, June 12, 2026, the Chief of Ho-Heve, Togbe Anikpi III, said key medical equipment, including an MRI scanner installed nearly a decade ago, remains non-functional, forcing patients to travel to Accra and other locations for critical diagnostic services.

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"We have observed that despite the elevation to teaching hospital status, facilities there, especially equipment-wise, are lacking. At times, one wonders whether it is truly a teaching hospital or it is still a regional hospital,” he said.

He called on the health minister to urgently address both the equipment gaps and employment bottlenecks affecting healthcare delivery and workforce retention.

“We have a nursing training school here in Ho, and some of the graduates have been on the waiting list after graduation for four, five or even six years without employment. It wasn’t like that in the past, and we are becoming very worried about the situation,” he said.

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