KATH pushes for partnerships to revive stalled projects
By Solomon Nartey Tetteh
The Management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi is intensifying efforts to secure Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and other forms of support to upgrade equipment and revive critical stalled projects.
Several major projects designed to expand clinical and allied services have been left incomplete for more than a decade, while existing facilities are deteriorating due to the absence of comprehensive renovations.
Hospital authorities say the situation is putting immense pressure on the facility and compromising the quality of patient care.
Some of the stalled projects include the Sickle Cell and Blood Centre, the Doctors’ Office Complex, the psychiatry expansion project and the modernisation of the old “Gee blocks.”
Despite being Ghana’s second-largest referral hospital, KATH has not seen major expansion projects completed and brought into use.
Chief Executive Officer, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, revealed that the challenge is worsened by the lack of modern medical equipment.
“At the moment, most of the critical equipment such as CT scans, MRI machines, fluoroscopy, oxygen plants and central sterilisation systems are either down or faulty. Vital equipment like a Catheterisation Laboratory and mammogram machines are completely nonexistent here,” he disclosed.
Dr Baidoo made the remarks at the hospital’s 2025 mid-year performance review conference, where management and staff assessed ongoing challenges and strategies.
The meeting emphasised retooling the hospital, completing stalled projects and improving staff welfare and productivity.
According to Dr Baidoo, his administration is embarking on intensive lobbying and aggressively pursuing partnerships with entities such as the Ministry of Health, the Ghana National Petroleum Authority, Ghana National Gas Company, the National Health Insurance Authority and the Bank of Ghana to support equipment upgrades and expansion of clinical infrastructure.
He added that management will also strengthen existing collaborations and create new ones to enhance skills transfer, research, innovation and access to specialist care.
The hospital’s vision going forward is to improve operational efficiency through system reforms, revenue optimisation, waste reduction, cost containment and the introduction of performance-based reward systems, while prioritising staff welfare and discipline.
