PRESS STATEMENT BY THE MINORITY NDC IÑ PARLIAMENT ON THE TRUE STATUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA HOSPITAL
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) minority in Parliament is shocked and dismayed at efforts by the Minister of Health to distort and misrepresent the terms, understanding and rationale that underpinned the establishment of the University of Ghana Hospital. This Hospital had been part of a bigger plan of the University of Ghana to develop a comprehensive Medical Centre towards achieving independence in medical education, research and care in a sustainable manner. The prime mover of this idea, the late Professor Charles Easmon, first Dean of the Ghana Medical School, together with Professor Honda of Japan anticipated funding from JICA for implementation of this medical complex. The Noguchi Memorial Institute was constructed in 1979 to mark the beginning of the development of that project. The rest of the plan was held in abeyance till 2011 when our late President, Professor Evans Atta Mills cut the sod for the building of the hospital for the University. Other projects for th...