Moderator of Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Rev. Prof. J.O.Y. Mante
The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), Rt. Rev. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, has posited that persons who are against the construction of the agenda 111 hospitals as witches.
In his view, the country lacks good healthcare infrastructure and the if government has now decided to construct more hospitals, he cannot understand why people should be pessimistic about the initiative.
He was speaking at a programme in the Central Region.
According to to the man of God, some Ghanaians have allowed politics to cloud their thoughts on good initiatives.
The Agenda 111 is a government initiative which aims at making Ghana the centre of excellence in health care by 2030.
The initiative is to help construct to construct 10,1 district hospitals in districts without district hospitals, two psychiatric hospitals for the middle and the southern belts, seven regional hospitals and the rehabilitation of the Accra psychiatric hospital.
Each of the hospitals would be built at the cost of $12.8 million and another $4.8 million would be spent to equip them bringing the total cost of each of the hospitals to $17.60 million and it is expected to be completed within 18 months.
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