The government has said its determination to realize massive improvement of health sector infrastructure will be vigorously pursued through ‘Agenda111.’
The vision dubbed ‘Agenda 111’ is part of the plans to make Ghana a leading centre of medical excellence.
Speaking at his first state of the nation address, President Akufo-Addo, stated that agenda 111’s realisation will make Ghana a centre of medical excellence and a destination for medical tourism.
He further explained that agenda 111 will achieve a number of things, key amongst them is having the regional hospitals as specialised centres.
“Each of the sixteen(16) regional hospitals will be designated as a Centre of Excellence in the different specialities of medicine. For example, orthopaedic surgery, burns, plastic and reconstructive surgery, breast care centre, fertility centre, neonatology and pediatric centre, neurosurgery and spine centre, stroke centre, heart and kidney centre and mental health centre to name a few,” he said.
The president added that government plans to continue upgrading the medical curriculum as well as continue training young doctors and health care professionals in a world class fashion.
President Akufo-Addo further intimated that government will incentivise the private sector to increase its capacity to support demands in health care delivery which will in turn encourage Ghanaian in the diaspora to come home.
“We will incentivise the private sector to increase capacity to support the demand in health care delivery and encourage Ghanaian medical experts in the diaspora to collaborate and join hands with us to help build and contribute to the realisation of this noble vision,” he said.
Further stating his vision for the health sector, the president touched on government’s roll out of electronic medical records system(E-Health) deployment is currently underway, following its implementation in key health facilities like Korle-Bu, Komfo-Anokye, Ho, Tamale and Cape Coast teaching hospitals, and several district hospitals in the Central Region, Upper East, Upper West, and Bono Regional Hospitals will go live on the e-health platform in five(5) days.
