Korle Bu's maternity block marked for demolition

President John Dramani Mahama has announced plans to demolish the old Gordon-Guggisberg Building at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, describing the facility as a “death trap” that threatens the safety of expectant mothers and health workers.

Mahama said the deteriorating condition of the building, which continues to serve as a maternity facility, has made it necessary for government to replace it with a modern structure.

“We will pull down the old Gordon-Guggisberg building that has today become a death trap. Every other day, our mothers give birth in that building. It is a death trap that can cause devastation,” he indicated.

Speaking at the commissioning of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory at the National Cardiothoracic Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on July 9, 2026, Mahama disclosed that the procurement process for a new maternity block has commenced.

“Let me also announce that we are going through the procurement process to build a new maternity block for the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital,” he said.

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Mahama explained that the decision forms part of his government’s commitment to investing in healthcare infrastructure that protects lives and improves the quality of care delivered to Ghanaians.

He said national development should not be defined only by the construction of roads, bridges and other physical projects, but also by investments that promote the health and dignity of citizens.

“And so let history record that this generation chose to invest not only in roads, bridges and buildings, but also in the health, dignity and future of our people,” Mahama noted.

Mahama also highlighted the importance of the newly commissioned cardiac catheterisation laboratory, stressing that the value of such facilities lies in the lives they save.

“The true significance of this facility will be measured not by the sophistication of the equipment, but by the countless lives it will save, by the families it will keep together and by the hope it will restore to a grateful nation,” he added.

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