Gov’t has not abandoned Mahama’s hospital projects – Health Minister

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, has stated that the Akufo-Addo led government has not abandoned hospital projects started by the erstwhile Mahama administration.

This comes after the construction of 88 hospitals in the districts without hospitals announced by President Akufo-Addo last Sunday in his national address to update the nation on the Covid-19 pandemic last Sunday.

After the announcement, it has generated public discussions about some hospital projects started by previous governments which have not been completed or have been abandoned apparently, while new health projects are being promised by the current government.

But speaking at the weekly press conference today, April 28, 2020, Mr Agyemang Manu said: “nothing has been abandoned.”

According to him, several hospitals started by the Mahama administration have been completed, commissioned and currently in use.

“The government has never abandoned any health facility that was started by the previous government before 2017.”

He added that the University of Ghana Medical Centre, and the Ga East Hospital – which is currently the major centre for COVID-19 – have been operationalised by the Akufo-Addo administration.