Massive Health sector projects revealed

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• Mensah 10 years ago

  FUNNY, THIS IS ALL GOOD ON PAPER. WHAT WE NEED IS REAL MANAGERS TO MANAGE OUR HEALTH CENTERS. MANAGING OUR HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS REQUIRES SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A POLITICIAN OR A DOCTOR TO MAN ...
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  FUNNY, THIS IS ALL GOOD ON PAPER. WHAT WE NEED IS REAL MANAGERS TO MANAGE OUR HEALTH CENTERS. MANAGING OUR HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTERS REQUIRES SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A POLITICIAN OR A DOCTOR TO MANAGE OUR HEALTH CENTERS. IT WILL FAIL AND THE MONEY WILL GO INTO THE DRAIN. SECONDLY, THE ATTITUDE OF ABOUT 98% OF THE NURSES IS SIMPLY UNPROFESSIONAL. THE WAY THEY TALK, ETC DOES NOT PROMOTE A 'HEALTHY ATTITUDE' IN OUR HOSPITALS. LASTLY, RUNNING A HOSPITAL IS BUSINESS AND SHOULD BE VIEWED AS SUCH OR ELSE IT WILL FAIL!

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• GBEWAA 10 years ago

  IT'S ONE THING BUILDING 18TH CENTURY HOSPITALS ACROSS GHANA, AND IT'S A DIFFERENT BALL-GAME GETTING COMPETENT DOCTORS AND NURSES TO MAN THOSE HOSPITALS.
  
  NO QUALIFIED HARD-WORKING DOCTOR OR NURSE WILL WORK IN SUCH A HOPELES ...
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  IT'S ONE THING BUILDING 18TH CENTURY HOSPITALS ACROSS GHANA, AND IT'S A DIFFERENT BALL-GAME GETTING COMPETENT DOCTORS AND NURSES TO MAN THOSE HOSPITALS.
  
  NO QUALIFIED HARD-WORKING DOCTOR OR NURSE WILL WORK IN SUCH A HOPELESS COUNTRY AS GHANA.
  
  ALL THE COMPETENT HARD-WORKING DOCTORS AND NURSES WORTH EMPLOYING HAVE VAMOOSED FROM GHANA.

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• KOLIKO 10 years ago

  u see how mahama is fooling the voltarians? time will tell

  u see how mahama is fooling the voltarians? time will tell

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• Omanba Pa, Islington -London 10 years ago

  They are the only people who can see it but not ordinary ghanaian.

  They are the only people who can see it but not ordinary ghanaian.

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• Moimoi 10 years ago

  Mr voltarian I see you don't appreciate anything like your IMANI brother, that self-centred and greedy bastard, stooge called Cudjoe, that NPP mole of the great Volta Region who knows nothing but makes the loudest noise in th ...
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  Mr voltarian I see you don't appreciate anything like your IMANI brother, that self-centred and greedy bastard, stooge called Cudjoe, that NPP mole of the great Volta Region who knows nothing but makes the loudest noise in the opposition circles like an empty barrel. Do you know the cost of building one University?

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• Ahafonii 10 years ago

  Today most of Ghana's gold for export is coming specifically from the Neumont Ahafo plant in Kenyasi, Ahafo. It is also a heavy cocoa and food growing area in addition to timber. However, Kenyasi clinic is in the state of neg ...
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  Today most of Ghana's gold for export is coming specifically from the Neumont Ahafo plant in Kenyasi, Ahafo. It is also a heavy cocoa and food growing area in addition to timber. However, Kenyasi clinic is in the state of neglect without a single medical doctor after two Cuban doctors left after their commendable service ( and I take my hat down for Castro).!in consideration of the area's massive contribution to the Ghana economy, the areas is completely neglected when it comes to infrastructural development.

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• Banyebo... 10 years ago

  it is amazing how these politicians can simply wake up from sleep and start spewing gabbage and and expect the ever "gullible" ghanaian electorate to swallow such nonesence and 'gladly' vote for them (the ndc in this case) to ...
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  it is amazing how these politicians can simply wake up from sleep and start spewing gabbage and and expect the ever "gullible" ghanaian electorate to swallow such nonesence and 'gladly' vote for them (the ndc in this case) to retain power in 2016. the ndc for all i care can tickle itself and laugh, at least for now, for i assure them that this time ghanaians have long term memories; thanks to John Mahama's crude reminder that Ghanaians have short term memories. out of the 'zillion' prposed succeses of this government, i will like to comment on the so called success of the nhis, because the reality at KATH where i happen to school/work is a sharp contrast from what is being propagated. the nhis is virtually non-existent. it hardly even cov ers the most basic drugs. patients pay huge sums of money for basic treatment. i therefore dont get what they mean by massive growth if the nhis insured poor farmer who is suffering from a heart failure and happens to be admitted here in Kath has to be detained because he virtually has to pay for every service rendered because the nhis does not even cover for the most basic of drugs. even drugs that are covered are not in stock.... you do not need me to tell you why...

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• am 10 years ago

  Hmm, you don't have health personnel, u are not employing more sO who will work in these hospitals? Also no motivation and allowances or terms of service, you must be joking!

  Hmm, you don't have health personnel, u are not employing more sO who will work in these hospitals? Also no motivation and allowances or terms of service, you must be joking!

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• Latest. 10 years ago

  What a world we live in...Build hospitals, equip our hospitals...!!! Now there is hope hospitals are coming and equipments too and people are now turning around to criticize the move. Hmm...human being. Well which should come ...
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  What a world we live in...Build hospitals, equip our hospitals...!!! Now there is hope hospitals are coming and equipments too and people are now turning around to criticize the move. Hmm...human being. Well which should come first, hospital or doctors/health worker. Churn out health workers without a hospital to post them to or build the hospitals while at the same time training the personnels who will work there on completion? I suggest that we sometimes drop our part flags and support good initiatives by the President and his Government.

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• Nii Nortey (New York) 10 years ago

  It is hard to understand people. These reactionaries will stop at nothing . They did it during Nkrumah,s time and they are doing it again.

  It is hard to understand people. These reactionaries will stop at nothing . They did it during Nkrumah,s time and they are doing it again.

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• Kobina Kum 10 years ago

  All these prospective projects are good for Ghana our Motherland.
  Challenges: Let's see when they are completed. Question? Do we rely on Local Or Foreign Contractors. History is not dead as a subject but should not be made t ...
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  All these prospective projects are good for Ghana our Motherland.
  Challenges: Let's see when they are completed. Question? Do we rely on Local Or Foreign Contractors. History is not dead as a subject but should not be made to repeat itself. Then comes problems of the Health Sectors: Manpower, Continuing Education, Equipment,Maintenance and Logistics, not forgetting long term planning & risks etc.May our dreams come true. To be continued

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• EKO 10 years ago

  It is very encouraging that the current administration is taking steps to address the healthcare needs of Ghanaians. However, all the projects highlighted in this article are all physical infrastructures and equipment. Whiles ...
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  It is very encouraging that the current administration is taking steps to address the healthcare needs of Ghanaians. However, all the projects highlighted in this article are all physical infrastructures and equipment. Whiles these are all critical to the country’s healthcare delivery system, it is obvious that some of the most important aspects of our healthcare system such as “quality of care “, affordability and “health status” of all Ghanaians are glaringly absent from these projects. It is critical to have a well-balanced mixture of the following in order to begin making tangible progress in Ghana’s healthcare delivery system:
  1. Maintenance: maintaining Ghana’s infrastructure has been one of the most costly shortfalls of the nation since independence. Thus, it is only a matter of time before all these constructions and equipment become obsolete.
  2. Waste: it will be a miracle if half of the budgeted $3 Billions are actually spent on construction and equipment’s. We are notorious for enriching those who are in power and well connected through such projects, not to mention the subpar construction jobs that will be done by contractors.
  3. Professional Development and Incentization: I strongly believe that a mixture of training for healthcare personnel and performance-based-pay will much more help improve the nation’s healthcare delivery system than the projects outlined here. A highly trained and motivated healthcare workforce will do much good than these projects alone.
  4. Electronic Medical Records: an integrated and secured medical record keeping at all the government-run hospitals and clinics will help reduce waste, reduce cost and improve care, while serving as a valuable disease surveillance tool for public health officials.
  5. Public Health Interventions/Training: increasing Ghana’s public health intervention capacity, especially, to rural communities can and will help improve health in combination with some of the projects outlined here.
  Finally, it is virtually impossible to improve Ghana’s healthcare system, simply by building more clinics and hospitals, and buying equipment without addressing the needs of healthcare professionals who are so critical to the success of all these projects. These projects are great monuments for political purposes but healthcare is so complex that these projects alone may prove to be another big waste for the Ghanaians if there is no plan and budget to maintain them down the road. What is needed is holistic approach, not political bragging rights.

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• Azumah Nelson 10 years ago

  Good job mahama

  Good job mahama

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• steve 10 years ago

  Mahama is next to Nkrumah.

  Mahama is next to Nkrumah.

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• Kwesi Bono 10 years ago

  Its all a lie..empty propaganda..The Police hospital expansion for example , started in 2006., not 2012 when this idiot became Prez

  Its all a lie..empty propaganda..The Police hospital expansion for example , started in 2006., not 2012 when this idiot became Prez

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• YB 10 years ago

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• YB 10 years ago

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• SACK APPIAH DENKYIRA FIRST 10 years ago

  The problems in the health sector is clearly not about infrastructural development.The bare fact is lack of policy planning and implementation by a hierarchy deep-rooted in mediocrity and maladministration.I agree with prof.A ...
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  The problems in the health sector is clearly not about infrastructural development.The bare fact is lack of policy planning and implementation by a hierarchy deep-rooted in mediocrity and maladministration.I agree with prof.Alex Dodoo to some extent about square pegs in round holes but it must not entirely be blamed on politicians.There is an intricate complex link between high profile civil servants and politicians that encourage the phenomenon of square pegs in round holes particularly in key public institutions like health.In other words the country is deprived of the services of serious minded and competent technocrats simply because there is no fair play when it comes to appointment to key public institutions.When you have a country where high profile appointments to public institutions is based on political ties(I mean having a political God Father),illicit lobbying and bribery,it sets precedence for disaster.Appiah Denkyira was obviously favored as DG not because of his competence but because of his ties with the likes of Alban Bagbin having served as Regional Director in the upper west and worked in the Ministry of Health under Bagbin as the Minister.The first thing that raised eyebrows about the competence and administrative capabilities of Appiah Denkyira was a weird, funny and bizarre decision to sack colleague doctors within his first month of assuming post as the Director General of Ghana Health Service.His decision to sack colleague doctors based on a forged and frivolous accusation of a mental illness for which they must have compulsory treatment without giving them the necessary audience and at least a listening ear meant he was interesting in man hunting, probably for political expediency in the interest of his political God Father Alban Bagbin.In other words the likes of Appiah Denkyira besides the reckless incompetence also have their hands tied by unscrupulous politicians who reward them with these positions and subsequently manipulate them to satisfy their whims and caprices.They are certainly not there as serious minded problem solving technocrats beyond corruption and incompetence in their parochial interest.I am more than convinced he is not capable having followed his track record in upper west as the Regional Director and subsequently as a Director at the ministry.He is also an example of the same old people being shuffled between the ministry and the GHS for decades with staggering but simple health problems staring at the country.Having the best infrastructure without proper policy direction engulfed in maladministration is akin to pouring water in a leaking bucket.It will come to nil with growing health problems at an astronomical rate.

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• Okatakyie 10 years ago

  You keep assessing effectiveness by intentions rather than outcomes. There is no hospital under construction in Sewua and no military hospital also under construction unless of course it is being constructed by dwarves.
  
  Cl ...
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  You keep assessing effectiveness by intentions rather than outcomes. There is no hospital under construction in Sewua and no military hospital also under construction unless of course it is being constructed by dwarves.
  
  Clowns

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