KATH to get Cardiac Catheterisation Center by May

Work has begun on the construction of a Cardiology and Interventional Centre, with a Catheterization Laboratory (Cath Lab) at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.

It is expected to be completed by May, this year, to address the rising cases of heart disease and cardiac arrests in the northern sector of the country.

The Centre would be a step to achieving KATH’s vision to become a centre of excellence when it comes to clinical services, medical education and research, as the hospital celebrates its 70th Anniversary.

Cath Lab is a specialised hospital area with imaging equipment for minimally invasive heart (cardiac) or other procedures, using catheters (thin tubes) to diagnose and treat issues like blocked arteries (angioplasty, stenting), check heart structure, or manage urinary flow, all while the patient is awake but sedated, avoiding major surgery.

Dr. (Med) Paa Kwesi Baidoo, Chief Executive Officer, KATH speaking to the press on sidelines of the third edition of the hospital’s consultative forum, involving management, consultants and senior specialists last Wednesday, disclosed that the new facility will improve healthcare delivery and save lives.

He explained that the facility is going to change the way KATH do a lot of things, noting that most medical issues or conditions, which the patient had to be flown to India, U.S. or Europe,   would now be handled at the facility.

The CEO disclosed that the construction of the facility and the training of three cardiologists, biochemical engineers, nurses and staff, will help in the operationalisation of the facility, funded by the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as Mahama Care, noting that the training will be completed before the completion of facility.

Touching on other infrastructural projects of the hospital, the CEO disclosed that most of the hospital projects  are funded by Internal Generated Funds, most of which  have been abandoned due to limited resources, revealing that management and himself have decided not to start any new projects, until abandoned ones are completed.

The CEO disclosed that integrity test on the complex, which was started in 1992, comprising 59 offices and conference rooms has proved the structure to be functional, revealing that through the instrumentality of the  Ministry of Health, it is going through procurement processes and that it will be commenced by March and completed by the end of the year.

Dr. Baidoo indicated that work on Sickle Cell and Blood Center funded by the GNPC has halted since 2022, but issues with funding is being resolved.

From Oswald P. Freiku, Kumasi

 

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