There is anger among some Ghanaians over the government’s refusal to assist the Heal Cass project team in removing tiles for renovation work at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). .
The dire situation is compounded as critical construction materials remain stranded at Tema Port, with leaking roofs on Zee Block and other facilities requiring renovations and expansions.
The project, part of the Asantehene’s $10 million comprehensive hospital renovation and modernization plan, has stalled, sparking public anger and questions about why the government won’t commit to waiving the cost of the removed items. is holding.
In order to minimize renovation costs and make the most of the funds raised so far, the hospital has written to the government through the Ministry of Finance, requesting customs duty exemptions for materials and equipment earmarked for the project.
talk to joy newssome Ghanaians expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s failure to support the Heal Cass project team in clearing goods at the port.
“How on earth do you have to get medicines to your people, some of them for free, and people donating money to build and renovate hospitals, which you have to do? Where is his conscience?”
Another said: “The problem is that we are just evil. We hate ourselves. Weren’t we in this country when we didn’t pay and the problem went away? Why are we so mean to ourselves?”
Meanwhile, Cecilia Rodonu Senou, executive director of Hope for Future Generation, stressed that HIV treatment drugs should not be exposed to sunlight, as this can affect their effectiveness, and in order to preserve the drugs. He emphasized the need for prompt removal from the port. Their effectiveness.
She observed that malaria cases have increased due to delays of more than a year at the ports, even though the Ministry of Health has guaranteed clearance of the cargo.
“You can’t expose very sensitive medicines to the sun because they have expired, which of course could affect their efficacy. I heard that most of them expire in 2025. [and] The year 2025 is just around the corner. Because it can take six months to clear these medicines, move them to central medical stores, share them locally, and send them to districts, sub-districts, and users. [to] It’s been seven months, so that’s our concern,” she added.
Ministry of Health spokesperson Isaac Ofei assured that the FDA will be involved in carrying out testing of the drug.
“For many years, the Department of Health is not the only one transporting supplies through both ports. We also work with the Food and Drug Administration, and the Food and Drug Administration inspects medicines to determine what we bring out. And we make sure that what we send to them is very expendable as a nation.
“I don’t know where I’ll be tomorrow, but it turns out that I’m a patient on the ward and the medicine is not of good standard, which could affect me as well, so we take all those things into consideration. “And we’ll see if these are appropriate, and whether the drugs are very effective or not is another matter,” he added.
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