The Chief Executive Officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo is poised to transform the hospital by making it a true enduring tertiary facility that would not only meet but exceed the expectations of its clients .
By so doing the CEO has resorted to embarking on intensive lobbying drives to bring on board public private partnership in order to improve equipment stock and expand clinical and other allied infrastructure at the hospital.
Addressing the maiden mid year performance review conference of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital since assumption of office, the new CEO stated amount other things his zeal to strengthen existing partnership and develop new strategic ones to enhance skills development and mobilisation of resources to expand access to specialist care.
As he pursues these visions , Dr Baidoo is equally marshalling all strategic means available to ensure that challenges such as faulty or broken down equipment like C .T scans , Magnetic Resonance imaging, oxygen plants, fluoroscopy among others are made to function to their best capacity.
He was optimistic that with the help of government, the board , management and staff as well as stake holders, they would be able to surmount these challenges.
Despite the hurdles according to him , specialist OPD attendance recorded for the period under review had exceeded the target by five percent while radiological and physiotherapy case went up by 95 percent and 10 percent respectively.
He called for all hands on deck to reposition the hospital to meet the expectations all stake holders.
Story by Lawrence Kumah
