Okoe-Boye inspects developmental projects at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital

Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye embarked on his inaugural visit to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KTH) to assess ongoing developmental projects initiated by the government, in his capacity as the Minister of Health.

During his inspection tour, Dr. Okoe-Boye, who serves as the president's appointee with oversight responsibility for the Ministry of Health, visited several key areas within the hospital.

Notable among these were the Infectious Disease Center and the Urology and Nephrology Center of Excellence.

Highlighting the government's strides in healthcare infrastructure development, Dr. Okoe-Boye revealed that over 40 health facilities have been completed across Ghana.

These facilities encompass a diverse range, including polyclinics, district centers, specialized units, and Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds.

"Sometimes it's important to look at what has been done to give us hope for what to do. Apart from improving healthcare, the second point I mentioned is to carry all of us along.

“Since this government took office, we have completed about 40 structures of health facilities, polyclinics, district centres, specialized units, CHIP compounds and all that.

“I'm not going to show pictures, as I said, we'll carry everybody along so that you'll walk through it and experience it. We are working on about 26 facilities, all facilities are outside agenda 111 and I believe strongly that we all will come and appreciate the effort being done,” he said.

The new ultra-modern Urology and Nephrology Centre of Excellence at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), according to a statement by the Ministry of Health, is ready to be operational.

The €38 million project was constructed with a credit facility by the government as part of its commitment to delivering universal health coverage and quality healthcare for all.

The facility has a 31-bed dialysis station for individuals with chronic kidney disease and a 70-bed unit for genito-urinary patients.

Units under the department include outpatient, diagnostic and treatment, in-patient services, administration, training room, management, and technology.

The team, led by the Chief Executive Officer of the KBTH, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, also visited the renovated Fevers Unit, which had been transformed into a state-of-the-art infectious disease centre.

Dr. Okoe-Boye stated that the government decided to renovate the infectious disease center because it was in a very sorry state.

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