The launch of the Kyebi Government Hospital’s centenary celebrations over the weekend became more than a milestone event. It became a platform for an urgent national conversation about the state of Ghana’s healthcare infrastructure, and the fate of 111 hospitals that remain unfinished.
Former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, whose administration launched the ambitious Agenda 111 initiative to construct hospitals across all 111 districts in Ghana, used the occasion to make a direct appeal to the current government: complete the hospitals. Not for political credit, he urged, but for the people who need them.
“We must also be honest, not every project was realised, not every project was completed,” the former president acknowledged, with a candour rarely heard in political circles. “At some facilities, we reached advanced stages that could not be finished before our term ended. Agenda 111 must be continued. Continuity, not disruption, is how health systems succeed.”
It was a moment of rare self-reflection, paired with a clear call to action. Healthcare, Akufo-Addo stressed, must never become a casualty of political rivalry.
But while the former president looked outward to the unfinished hospitals scattered across the country, the Overlord of Akyem Abuakwa State, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, turned attention to the very ground they stood, a hospital that has served the community for a hundred years, and yet still lacks the basic tools of modern medicine.
“I am not the only one frustrated, but the nurses and doctors over there are equally frustrated,” the Overlord said, his voice carrying the weight of decades of unmet expectations. “100 years later, there is no scan machine in Kyebi Hospital, there is no quality laboratory in Kyebi Hospital.”
His words painted a sobering picture: a facility old enough to have witnessed a century of Ghanaian history, still struggling to provide the standard of care its patients deserve. Osagyefuo Ofori Panin called on all stakeholders to rally around the hospital and invest in its transformation.
Inside the wards, the situation is even more telling. The Medical Superintendent of the Kyebi Government Hospital, Dr. Isaac Adu-Opoku Antwi, revealed that children and pregnant women are currently sharing the same ward spaces, a reality that, he said, is directly undermining the quality of care being delivered. He made a pointed appeal to government for the construction of a dedicated maternity block, a children’s ward, a physiotherapy unit, and residential accommodation for health workers.
Taken together, the voices that rang out at Kyebi over the weekend told a single, consistent story: Ghana’s healthcare system is crying out for investment, completion, and political will.
The Kyebi Government Hospital turns 100 this year. The question now is what the next chapter will look like, and whether those in power will answer the call.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com