A Presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has described the current state of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) as pathetic and promises to be an ambassador for the hospital.
The Member of Parliament during a visit to the hospital to donate some items said the health facility that serves as a referral centre for 12 regions in the country should be a centre of excellence and not in distress.
Delivery of quality health care, according to him, should not solely depend on the government.
The MP seeking to win the heart of Ghanaians as he aspires to be the flagbearer of the NPP presented 100 beds and mattresses to the Accident and Emergency Unit of KATH.
The donation was also in fulfilment of a promise he made last year when he donated $150,000 as the yearly maintenance fees for a linear accelerator machine which is used for the treatment of cancer at the Oncology Department.
โI have visited the wards of the hospital, and KATH is in distress and needs help. I am going to be an Ambassador for KATH and tell the story and the needs of the hospital,โ he said.
Mr Agyapong said the hospital does not attend to people from the Ashanti Region alone but people from far and near, including his region, the Central Region, and pledged to be an ambassador of the facility.
Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, therefore, charged the business community within and outside the country to come on board and assist the hospital.
He also commended the new KATH CEO for the initiative in reaching out to people to adopt and support the hospital and upgrade it to a standard to meet the status of a modern health facility.
The Chief Executive Officer of KATH, Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, in receiving the items also appealed to the business community, individuals and corporate entities to adopt some of the wards for refurbishment to meet the standard of a modern health facility.
He said though KATH serves more than 10 regions in the country it lacks a lot of quality medical equipment to deliver quality health care to patients.
He then commended the MP for responding to the appeal of the hospital.
