Vice President Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang says the government will continue to prioritise quality healthcare delivery at all levels in its development agenda, to help improve the health and well-being of Ghanaians. 

According to her, the ‎‎government was strengthening primary healthcare, expanding the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), modernising health facilities, increasing training and improving access to mental health and wellness services at all levels. 

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was speaking at the inauguration of a $2 billion mental health and wellness centre for women in Kumasi and its environs at Boadi, near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). 

The facility, which was funded by the KGL Group in partnership with the EVE Medical Foundation, is designed to provide a modern, dignified, and professional healthcare environment focused on the care of people living with mental health conditions.  

‎The Vice President pointed out that, the global and national healthcare landscape were changing through the influence of pandemics, digital medicine, ethical dilemmas and expanding populations. 

The inauguration of the modern centre would serve as a practical response to real and growing demand for integrated medical and mental healthcare services, adding that the facility was set to contribute significantly to the country’s health sector. 

‎‎Prof. Opoku Agyeman, said Ghana recently hosted the landmark African Health Sovereignty Summit, which signaled a shift from reliance on external aid towards sustainable domestic health financing. 

The government had also launched the Ghana Medical Trust Fund to address chronic lifelong conditions, which were not covered by the NHIS. 

The fund would give financial support to patients affected by non-communicable diseases such as cancers, diabetes, strokes, and kidney failure, among others. 

She said the medical trust was also aimed at strengthening Ghana’s overall health infrastructure by investing in medical equipment, special training, research to ensure quality and equitable access for Ghanaians regardless of income or location     

‎The initiative represented a major step towards long-term resilience and the need to give much attention, she said. 

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang underscored the need for partners to join hands in the healthcare development agenda since the government alone could not do it and commended the KGL group and EVE medical foundation for coming out with such a specialized facility to cater for the mental health needs of Ghanaians. 

Chairman of the KGL group, Alex Apau Dadey, said the project represented a significant investment in healthcare delivery by the group, adding that it was a commitment by the company that no Ghanaian should be denied quality healthcare. 

He said the facility had consulting rooms for psychiatric services, therapy and counselling units, in-patient wards, diagnostics and pharmacy units, rehabilitation spaces, administration and staff facilities.