The HopeXchange Medical Centre, a 134-bed capacity hospital in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, has marked its 10th anniversary celebration with a pledge to expand its facilities to meet the growing medical needs of patients within and outside the region.
The General Manager, Dominic Osei-Kofi, said the hospital was committed to expanding facilities, thereby improving its services to become the preferred destination for efficient and effective medical care in the country.
“Customer care is very important to us, and we will make conscious efforts to improve on it in the years ahead. Providing proper care to patients is key towards their medical recovery,” he pointed out.
Durbar
He was speaking during a durbar to commemorate the 10th anniversary celebration of the medical centre on the theme: “A decade of care: Delivering compassion, inspiring hope and pursuing excellence”.
As part of the event, a fully equipped dental unit was opened to provide state-of-the-art dental services to patients in the region and other adjoining regions who need such services.
He announced that by the close of the year, a new maternal and child health building would be inaugurated to increase the bed capacity of the hospital to 234, saying “this new unit will offer services in all aspects of paediatric care”.
Major achievement
He noted that since the inception of the hospital in 2016, it had provided quality medical services and augmented healthcare delivery within the region, particularly reducing the undue pressure on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
“Our major achievement is that together with doctors from Asia and India, the centre was the first hospital outside Accra to offer successful kidney transplant services. We have done about six and are looking forward to doing more,” he stated.
He noted that the hospital was contributing its quota to healthcare delivery by receiving referrals from KATH, especially on child health and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) services.
He added that due to the recent happenings at KATH over lack of space to receive emergency cases, a lot of patients visited the facility to receive health care, saying, “we assist other health facilities with issues that they cannot accommodate”.
While indicating that the centre receives cases from Western North and Northern Ghana, he pointed out that the centre’s contributions to health care had lessened the burden on nearby health facilities.
For his part, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi, Most Rev. Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, said the hospital, since its establishment, has played an instrumental role in the provision of quality health care to the people.
Speaking during a scientific symposium, the Medical Director of the centre, Professor Edward Tsiri Agbenyega, said over the past decade, the facility’s vision has evolved into a thriving institution that continues to impact lives and communities.
“This anniversary provides us the opportunity not only to celebrate our achievements but also to reflect on the journey thus far and appreciate those who have contributed to the facility’s growth” he said
The incoming Vice-Chancellor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST), Professor Christian Agyare, who chaired the function, underscored the need for effective collaboration among stakeholders towards the delivery of quality health care.
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