Chief Executive Officer of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has expressed the need for a sustainable source of funding to support renal patients who require dialysis. He emphasized the importance of addressing critical issues related to dialysis treatment.
This call comes in the midst of a controversy over dialysis prices, particularly in light of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s proposed 100% price increase.
Dr. Ampomah further mentioned that the hospital is awaiting the new dialysis price to be approved by parliament in the coming days.
“The proposal is going to be considered to the Ministry, and then to Parliament, and at the right time when Parliament sits on it, we will be given what figure has been approved. And we will announce it to the public. As a nation, we need to look at sustainable financing for people with chronic kidney disease, especially those who have progressed to the end stage.”
“The discussion has to centre around prevention, screening, and early detection and monitoring of these patients so that they do not progress to end-stage renal disease, where they will need dialysis to survive,” the Chief Executive Officer for Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital said.
The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital’s administration came under fire for raising the price of renal dialysis from GHS 380 to GHS 765.42.
Although the new fee’s implementation has been put on hold, patient concerns about its effects still exist.