The Ministry of Health has noted it has commenced negotiations with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) over the outstanding monies owed by 91 hospitals.
Cumulatively, these health institutions owe GH¢261 million to the power distribution company, prompting urgent efforts to address the situation.
According to the ECG, it will disconnect power to these health facilities in less 72 hours should the debt not be paid.
Public Relations Officer for the Health Ministry, Isaac Offei Baah, noted that the government is working to ensure that these hospitals have access to electricity to meet the healthcare needs of citizens.
“We owe the Electricity Company of Ghana. We serve the Electricity Company of Ghana. The Electricity Company of Ghana demands their money, that we should pay them for them to avoid this connection. We sit down at a table. We are negotiating. We would be able to meet ECG and solve this problem with them.”
“So we go to a negotiating table. Now, there is going to be another form of reconciliation to look at the total debt owed, whether it is feasible or we have some miscarriage in there. But then, whichever way, and granted that this is the total amount that we owe the Electricity Company of Ghana, we are going to negotiate with them,” he said.