The government says it is working to revive dozens of stalled Agenda 111 hospital projects, with about 35 facilities earmarked for completion over the next two years.
Tony Goodman, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, said work had already resumed on some of the projects, while government was also exploring partnerships to push others towards completion.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM, Mr Goodman said about 10 facilities were already showing progress, with government resources being directed towards projects considered more advanced.
“We’ve also put in place a clear plan, which is to get government resources to complete about 35 of them,” he said.
He explained that the Ministry was also considering collaboration with organisations such as the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), non-governmental organisations and multinational companies to help complete some of the remaining facilities.
According to him, the strategy is aimed at ensuring that investments already made in the abandoned projects do not go to waste.
“I can tell you, if you go to some of the sites, Agenda 111 is currently ongoing. About 10 of them I can speak to now are currently seeing some improvement. So that is the plan,” Goodman said.
He said the government was prioritising facilities that were further along in construction in order to maximise the use of resources already committed to the projects.
However, Mr Goodman cautioned that completing all 111 hospitals within a short period would be unrealistic, given the financial resources required.
“You cannot do 101 hospitals within a year or two. That is not possible,” he said.
The comments come amid renewed scrutiny of the future of the Agenda 111 programme, particularly after government announced plans to construct three 160-bed regional referral hospitals in Oti, Savannah and Western North.
Former Health Minister and Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, has questioned the move to undertake new hospital projects while several facilities under Agenda 111 remain incomplete.
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