The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has revealed that the government needs approximately GH₵140 million to fully operationalize the Bokoro Agenda 111 Hospital in the Ahanta West Municipality of the Western Region.
He disclosed this during a tour of the hospital on Monday, March 10, 2025.
The hospital was one of those commissioned by former President Akufo-Addo, but the minister says only 10% of the required medical equipment had been installed.
This, he noted, makes the facility unfit for operation.
Mr. Akandoh said that the incomplete installations have left the hospital nonfunctional since its commissioning.
The minister assured that the government must allocate the required funds to complete the installation of essential medical equipment and make the hospital fully operational.
Mr. Mintah Akandoh added that the additional expenses are necessary to ensure that the facility can deliver quality healthcare services to the people.
“Completing the project is one thing, and paying for the project to become a property of the state is also another thing. As we speak, we need to cough not less than $9 million for this particular project alone.
“When we talk about a hospital being in operation, it is not just the brick and mortar that is why I was requesting to see certain departments in the places. You cannot commission a project without hospital equipment being installed,” he said.