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Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu inaugurated the boards of directors of the Korle-Bu and Ho teaching hospitals on Wednesday.
The reconstituted 11-member Board of Korle-Bu University Hospital would be chaired by Mr. Daniel Charles Gyimah, an experienced Management and Administration professional.
The other members included Mr. Jerry Ahmed Shaib, a legal physician, Dr. Radha Maria Odua Hackman, a physician, Mr. Michael Owusu, an Allied Health professional, Mr. Albert Wiredu Arko, a pharmacist, and the Ms. Hanna Akua Oparebea Aquah, representing nurses and midwives. .
The rest were Professor Margaret Yaa Lartey and Rev. Prof. Patrick Ferdinand K. Ayeh-Kumi, both representatives of the Universities as partners, Mr. Charles Ofori, a Finance and Risk Management professional, Mr. Nick Danso Adjei, a private sector businessman, and Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, chief administrator.
The Board of Directors, on the other hand, was chaired by Dr. Felix Anyaa, an experienced management and administration professional, supported by members, including Mr. Ernest Yao Gaewu, a lawyer, Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Amponsah, a physician, Dr. Prince Amuzu, an Allied Health practitioner, Dr. Audu Rauf, a pharmacist, and Mr. Felix Nyante representing nurses and midwives.
The remainder were Prof. John Gyapong and Dr. Sylvia Ayeley Deganus, both representing the universities, Mr. Kofi Ampofo Agyapong, an experienced Finance and Business Person, and Dr. John Kofi Banaanwin Tampuori, Acting Executive Director .
Mr. Agyeman Manu explained that the exercise to reconstitute the Boards had become necessary due to some amendment made to the Ghana Teaching Hospitals and Health Services Act, to ensure better management of health facilities.
According to him, a careful evaluation of the composition of the different in the Teaching Hospitals seemed an extension of the Management meetings, where between 75 and 80 percent of the members were directors of the different departments of these facilities.
The Minister of Health stated that the Boards of Directors were established as corporate governance, to attract people from outside an institution to observe how the administration was performing, to try to see how certain things could be changed to obtain quality results and good government.
He explained that while both the Cabinet and Parliament had long given their approval for the inauguration of these Boards, the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ghana, among other factors, caused the delay, but acknowledged and congratulated the members. of the old Boards. for his meritorious service and solid accomplishments during his tenure.
Mr Agyeman Manu, however, urged the new Councils to build on the solid foundations of their predecessors to make their respective facilities centers of excellence, and said that much would be expected of them to ensure the quality of service delivery, and also in developing strategies for internally generated Funds enhanced to improve their infrastructure and other needs, without necessarily having to go to the government each time for help.
In addition, he urged the Boards to also consider the well-being issues of their facility staff to make sure they are happy, which, he said, could also translate into achieving patient satisfaction through the hard work of these healthcare professionals. Health.
The Board, he said, must also closely monitor the management of its institutions to ensure that the established objectives are achieved.
Mr. Agyeman-Manu specifically encouraged the Ho University Hospital Governing Board to bring in additional management skills that would support the management of the facility to achieve better results in conducting medical tourism, due to its geographic location in the border of the country, to ensure more income.
The presidents of both Boards thanked the Government and the Ministry of Health for the trust placed in them and promised to work hard to achieve the expected quality health results.
