The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has announced plans to provide medicines to chronic patients through a courier service in 2024.
The Chief Executive Officer, Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, has recognized the challenges faced by chronic patients who have to travel to the hospital to renew their prescriptions. The introduction of a courier service aims to alleviate these difficulties and enhance the convenience for patients in managing their chronic conditions.
He said, “under an arrangement with Ghana Post too, the supply of refill medicines by courier to our chronic stable patients scattered all over the country will save people from the stress of having to travel from their homes just for their medicines at a small fee.”
Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah spoke at the 2023 thanksgiving service, joint staff reception, best staff, and long service awards at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
He highlighted the developmental projects undertaken by KATH in the year, aimed at transforming operations and addressing challenges such as ageing infrastructure and outdated operational systems.
As part of the hospital’s transformation efforts, a fundraising project, the KATH Old Blocks Renovation, was launched to renovate aging structures. Professor Addai-Mensah noted that the fundraisers have already secured more than half of their target for the project.
“I can say on authority that less than two months after the launch of the fund-raising campaign by the Asantehene, we are about 60% through with our $10,000,000.00 target in terms of pledges and cash donations,” he said.
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) celebrated its employees at a ceremony, honoring forty-six staff from various departments. The Child Health Directorate received the award for innovation, and several doctors were recognized with Best Staff awards, including Dr Obiageli, Dr Andrew Zimbawa, Dr Doreen Amankwaa Frimpong, and Dr Barnabas Asamoah.
The awards ranged from GH₵ 5,000.00 to GH₵ 20,000.00. KATH, being a facility that receives referrals from 12 out of 16 regions in Ghana, has introduced initiatives such as mobile money (MoMo) and point-of-sale (POS) payment platforms to facilitate easy payment of bills and services.