The board of the Ho Teaching Hospital has hinted at developing a policy framework towards harnessing the potentials of the facility and developing it to meet international standards. 

The Board Chairman, Dr. Felix Anyah said this will enable the Hospital to acquire international accreditation to attract clients globally, hence becoming a health and medical tourism center.

Speaking to JoyNews after a familiarization tour of the Ho Teaching Hospital, he expressed optimism this vision when achieved would accelerate the country’s tourism exchange and promote the growth of the local economy. 

The 300-bed facility was commissioned by Former President, Jerry John Rawlings in December 2000 as the Volta Regional Hospital.

The facility nicknamed ‘Trafalgar’ was re-commissioned as the Ho Teaching Hospital in 2018, to serve as a practical center for health students, provide quality health care among others. 

However, the task to ensure the facility achieves its objectives rests on the shoulders of the foundation governing board, chaired by the former acting CEO of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Dr. Felix Anyah. 

Dr Anyah who served as the Board Chairman of the Health Facilities and Regulatory Agency from 2015 to 2016 said that the facility is strategically positioned and has the potential to be transformed into a centre for health and medical tourism in the West-African sub-region. 

He indicated that the board seeks to develop the Ho Teaching Hospital to suit international standards to enable it to attract clients from the West-African sub-region. 

He, therefore, appealed to the government and the Ghana Tourism Authority to provide a policy framework backing health and medical tourism, to enable the country to harness it's potential. 

He believes the operationalization of the Ho Airport would play a significant role in achieving this vision.

A board member, Mr. Felix Nyante assured that the board would make provisions for staff to continue to build their capacity and specialize to meet the growing health demands of their clients. 

”Trust me, I am going to push the annual training and development plan because we nurses and midwives form the chunk of the health sector workforce, we will also have the chunk of the budget for training.”

”And a lot more of you will see yourself going into specialization so that we can be the teaching hospital that we want it to be”, he said.