Ex-President John Dramani Mahama says he will establish six Regional hospitals in Ghana when elected during the December polls.
Mr Mahama noted that the country's healthcare system will be a top priority under his new regime.
Having a digital dialogue on Friday, May 1, 2020, the former President reminded Ghanaians of his track record pointing out some health facilities that his administration commenced before ousted from office in 2016.
Citing the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), Bank of Ghana hospital among other hospitals including Polyclinics, Mr Mahama noted that his government will do more to improve the health sector of the economy.
"Ghanaians die when hospitals completed and ready with a combined capacity of 900 beds have been left standing idle. But for the deliberate slowdown of the operationalization of the University of Ghana Medical Centre and the Bank hospital, the unacceptable no-bed syndrome would not have claimed these precious lives. Talking about the Bank hospital, a rather curious case of that hospital and the international Maritime hospital cannot escape attention. These are ultramodern world-class hospitals built with public funds and yet have either remained shut or under-utilized. Particularly worrying is the abandonment of some major health facilities that have reached an advanced stage of completion by the time we left office."
Lamenting about the failures of the Akufo-Addo administration, he further accused President Akufo-Addo of neglecting the hospitals that were built under the erstwhile Mahama rule.
" . . By early 2016, the Dodowa hospital had been completed and commissioned into use while those at Kumawu, Abetifi and Fomena had reached various advanced stages of construction by the time I left office in January 2017. Whatever the challenges with these projects, they should not have been left abandoned and left at the mercy of invading weeds and reptiles, and in some cases been affected by bushfires."
In what seemed like a campaign message, Ex-President Mahama rehashed his promise to Ghanaians saying "if elected God willing in December 2020, I will establish a Regional hospital in each of the six newly created Regions. I also indicated that I will ensure the provision of a modern health facility in each district that currently does not have one. As part of my health-for-all agenda, all districts will receive a modern health facility. These facilities will range from Polyclinics to district hospitals. Proper planning requires that we take into consideration location, demography, population and health needs of the area before citing a health facility".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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This man think Ghanaians are fu001s or what? Even, the wise in your own party will never for a th1f like you.
The last time I checked this same man was saying the economy is in ICU. Please tell us how you are going to fund these projects. Is it with funds from the comatose economy? Learn to listen more and speak less. Some communication expert
Hahaha, my Uncle is suffering from dementia.
Well we are not going to fly on AIRBUS with incompetent pilot through DUMSOR to IMF again when little babies 👶 with sharp teeth 🦷 on board and land us on Woyomey’s backyard. I know there could be FORD to take us by land but we would have preferred BUS BRANDING driven by Ativor in the middle of BERKO POWER BRIBERY CRISIS so I decree like the Jews said never again to ndc. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
We still remember how Mr TIO (The Incompetent One) struggled to resolve common DUMSOR for 4 solid years without success. Together with his communicators, this man has appropriated every single project that the late Atta Mills embarked on, to the extent that it is almost as though Mills never existed. Mahama will promise you heaven but send you to the IMF with the speed of light. NEVER AGAIN! The scandals are still loading in the meantime. AIRBUS GENERAL!
You have not good record of managing an economy, so where are you going to get money to do these things you are talking about? Remember, your time you said all the meat was down to the bone and ran to IMF?
Mahama paa. Don't still be under the illusion that Ghanaians are so forgetful What you and your NDC government did to Ghanaians is still fresh in our minds. The way you'll be humiliated in the 2020 elections will be gargantuan!
Please tell mr Mahama to tell us something different. Nana Addo has mentioned it and even going to start it so please tell us fresh alternatives ideas . Coppy coppy
This Airbus bribe man is now becoming a joker. You procured ambulances that cannot even carry dead bodies. Concert man....
This man thinks Ghanaians are ***barred word***. whether you are NDC, NPP or you have no party affiliation, never let this man come to power again. He has had his turn. We are doomed if he returns.