Works on the Cardiology Centre at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is progressing steadily as the Ghana Medical Trust Fund sets August 2026 as the completion and commissioning date for the project.
The facility, funded by the Trust Fund, will house the Ashanti region’s first-ever catheterisation laboratory and other medical installations for diagnosing and treating cardiac diseases.
Representatives from the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, led by its administrator, have been addressing the National House of Chiefs over its mandates in championing quality healthcare delivery to citizens.
The Trust Fund, otherwise known as “MahamaCares”, is a national healthcare initiative spearheaded by the President to provide financial assistance to persons suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
The initiative seeks to ease the extreme financial burden on families by covering medical procedures, medications, and treatments not captured under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
While lauding the government for the initiative, President of the National House of Chiefs Ogyeahoho Yaw Gyebi II questioned its sustainability.
“This intervention is excellent. We support it. But from experience, when governments come in, they abandon them. That’s why we are asking, is it sustainable?” he noted.
Responding to the concerns, Administrator of the Fund, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku assured of sustenance of the initiative beyond the Mahama-led administration.
“The name of the Trust Fund is the Ghana Medical Trust Fund. When we were all growing up, we all had nicknames. So, I think that for “MahamaCares” it’s just a nickname for the Ghana Medical Trust Fund. So, going forward if there is a change of government, I don’t think it will affect the name of the Trust Fund,” she said.
Meanwhile, construction of a Cardiology centre, funded by the Trust Fund, is progressing steadily at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with completion date set for August this year.
Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, is positive about the benefits of investments of the Trust Fund in healthcare delivery in the Ashanti region.
“This would prevent patients who need urgent cardiac care from travelling all the way to Accra. Hopefully, once completed, it would improve medical care for cardiac diseases,” he said.
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