A special exercise to check motorists who use the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) as a thoroughfare which creates intermittent vehicular traffic congestion and impedes easy transportation of critically-ill patients into the hospital and within the facility for emergency care will soon be enforced.
Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah, Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, at the 2023 Mid-Year Performance Review last week in Kumasi, disclosed that a “recent study commissioned by management clearly established that 64 percent of cars entering the hospital do so for the sole purpose of using it as a thoroughfare.”
He hinted that the new measures to decongest the hospital off frequent vehicular traffic congestions would require all motorists to “exit from the same gate through which they entered the hospital,” except staff members and emergency vehicles.
On staff motivation, Prof. Addai-Mensah said management had committed to a payment plan to clear the 2022 allowance amounting to GH¢5.2 million owed the unions whose members were entitled to be paid by the end of the year as a way of encouraging staff members to go the extra mile and render quality clinical services that meet patients’ expectations.
The CEO conveyed his utmost appreciation to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, for his impeccable leadership in initiating the “Heal Komfo Anokye Project” (HeKAP), and also expressed gratitude to a group of experts from diverse backgrounds who came together to develop the master plan for the project at no cost to the hospital.
Prof. Addai-Mensah acknowledged the support of partners, including Nuece Ghana Paints Industry Limited, Osons Chemists, Jemfi Ventures, and Alex Nuamah Enterprise, which enabled the hospital to undergo the major facelift and beautification programme.
From Thomas Agbenyegah Adzey, Kumasi
