Asantehene to raise 10 million dollars to renovate KATH leaking old blocks

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has expressed serious concern about the bad structural state of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) old blocks which serves as the referral center for 12 out of the 16 regions of Ghana.

The Asantehene is leading a crusade to raise 10 million dollars to renovate the old blocks of the hospital as part of his 25th anniversary on the Golden Stool.

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ( KATH) block A-D built 70 years ago has never seen any renovations, a development the Asante King has described as unfortunate when he sneaked into the facility in the night to visit his father’s sick Priest.

Otumfuo who is not comfortable about the state of the Teaching Hospital will in the coming days launch a fundraising exercise to raise at least 10 million dollars to renovate the entire hospital.

Project title Komfo Anokye Legacy project is part of the activities marking the 25th Anniversary of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on the Asante Golden Stool which will start in 2024.

The 70-year-old life-saving facility has been left to its fate without any deliberate commitment by the present and successive governments to give the facility a new look.

Given this, the present Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah ran to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to assist him in renovating the facility.

The facility is full of deep wall cracks exposing corroded iron rods holding the structures associated with leakages every moment it rains while electrical cables are equally hanging loose.

The Ashanti Regional Director of the Public Works Department (PWD), Engineer Kojo Darko Asante told our news team, that after two assessments of KATH facilities, it was established that there are no fire detectors, or fire hydrants for emergency use.

It was also established that most of the electrical wires in the facility are dysfunctional which calls for immediate rewiring of the facilities.

Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who is not comfortable with the current state of the referral facility has pledged his commitment to renovate the facility.

Otumfuo’s intervention came through a formal request by the hospital management led by Prof. Ochere Addai Mensah and the board.

Speaking at a presentation meeting in Manhyia Palace after Otumfuo had received a formal briefing from the Committee responsible for the renovation of the facilities, Otumfuo was happy about the intervention of KATH CEO for leading Change in the Teaching Hospital.

Otumfuo directed the committee responsible for the renovation to start the fundraising project as soon as possible.

The hospital’s management led by Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah was grateful to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for his commitment to the Komtoye Teaching Hospital transformational project.

He touched on the need to renovate the old blocks of the hospital.

By uniquenewsgh.com