NDC 2024 Manifesto: Mahama To Construct 500-Bed Specialist Children’s Hospital And Fertility Centre | Health

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama says his administration would “implement Free Primary Healthcare services from the CHPS compound level to the district level in the medium term.”

As part of his vision for the Health sector, Mahama also intends to Construct a state-of-the-art 500-bed Specialist Children’s Hospital and Fertility Centre in Accra when voted into office.

The former President was speaking at the opposition party’s manifesto launch in Winneba on Saturday, 24 August.

“I will establish the Ghana Medical Care Trust to support persons with chronic diseases such as kidney failure, diabetes, cancer, sickle cell, and hypertension and other health-related diseases,” he added

Below are highlights of NDC’s plan for the Health sector:

QUALITY HEALTHCARE FOR ALL

-Uncap the National Health Insurance Levy.

-Re-prioritise the health sector by ensuring timely release of payments to service providers.

-Establish the Ghana Medical Care Trust (MahamaCares) Fund to support persons with chronic diseases such as kidney failure (dialysis), cancers, Sickle Cell disease, diabetes, hypertension, and other heart diseases.

-Implement Free Primary Healthcare services from the CHPS compound level to the district level in the medium term.

-Expand health infrastructure to restore the automatic employment and timely deployment of health workers.

-Construct a state of the art 500-bed Specialist Children’s Hospital and Fertility Centre in Accra.

-Expand facilities at the Ho Teaching Hospital to provide comprehensive specialist services with the view to establishing a quaternary hospital in the Volta region to attract medical tourism.

-Build a Specialist and Trauma Hospital in the Oti Region for emergencies on the eastern corridor.

-Establish a modern dialysis centre in hospitals in regions that don’t have them.

-Build modern hospitals in Bawku, Yendi and other underserved areas.