Minister of Health has revealed his did not know about the abandoned health centre at Ofankor in the Greater Accra region.
Hon. Kwaku Agyemang-Manu said he only got to know about the project when the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante Bediatuo sent him pictures of the facility.
The Ofankor health centre was a component of the George Walker Bush N1 highway project. Construction works on the health facility ended a year ago, with funding from the African Development Bank, but the centre has remained shut, due to what the authorities said, was the lack of funding to fully resource it.
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The huge facility had been abandoned with its main gate locked. The facility has a maternal ward, a theatre, a child welfare centre and an Outpatient Department (OPD).
Commenting on the issue on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem Tuesday, Hon. Agyemang-Manu said the Ministry is not directly involved in the management of the facility.
He explained that, because the health centre is component of the George Walker Bush N1 highway project, it is under the Ministry of Roads and Highways.
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This notwithstanding, the Health Ministry said he is working in collaboration with the Roads Minister to get the facility running.
He assured of the Ministry’s readiness to complete the project on schedule and provide the needed health personnel to provide quality healthcare to residents of Ofankor and its environs.
Hon. Agyemang-Manu said the hospital would contribute to improve health care delivery service in the Ofankor community and its environs.