GHANA OPENS BIGGEST HOSPITAL BEST IN WEST AFRICA It is it no surprise to see that Africans fly to
Europe America and Asia to seek medical treatment. Hospitals are intended to provide healthcare
for sick or injured people, and in order to do so, they must have the most up-to-date medical
equipment and qualified medical personnel on hand. Only a few hospitals in Ghana like other African
countries, however, can boast of a world-class system that meets Ghanaians' health needs. There
are several beautiful and well equipped hospitals in Ghana but to top it all is the University of
Ghana Medical Center Legoon located in Accra. This is one of the biggest hospitals in West Africa.
Constructed in two phases, the second phase has been completed and the hospital stands out to be
one of the best and most equipped in west Africa. The president of Ghana opened this beautiful and
one of the most biggest hospital in West Africa. The second phase elevates the center's status
to that of a quaternary care institution, as it will now offer highly specialized, experimental,
and unusual diagnostics and surgical procedures. The second phase of the medical center,
built with a US217 million Israeli bank grant, includes 42 specialist and subspecialist clinics,
a cardiothoracic surgery center, and a cardiac catheterization lab. It also has an eight-unit
apartment for critical staff, a biohazard waste treatment building, a waste dumpster shed,
an oncology ward, neurosurgery with a neurology ward and an intensive care unit,
an assisted reproductive technology center, private wards, a paediatric surgery unit,
an MRI, and dental service units. Akufo-Addo stated that his administration is dedicated
to providing Ghanaians and residents with adequate health infrastructure and world-class health care.
He emphasized that the UGMC's mainstay was healthcare delivery, and that the facility
played a critical role in managing complicated referrals from other hospitals in the country. The
President stated that the Centre also accommodated walk-in patients seeking specialist or consultant
attention and provided health services such as trauma and orthopaedics, urology, ear, nose,
and throat care, cardiology, and dermatology, accident and emergency services, and pain
management, among others. In addition, the Centre has a medical training and simulation center that
will serve as a national training facility for health professionals across the country.
With the completion of the second phase, he claimed that the facility's cutting-edge Medical
Simulation and Training Centre is the largest in West Africa. "This Training Center is a nationally
recognized multidisciplinary academic Center dedicated to achieving excellence in medical
education through the use of high-quality and innovative computer-based simulations." The UGMC's
1000-bed Clinical Services Section is dedicated to promoting positive health outcomes through
innovative, customer-centered, cost-effective, and high-quality processes. From a humble beginning of
three general service OPD clinics, we now run nearly 40 specialty and sub-specialty level
clinics. Dr. Osei informed the government that the Centre needed more infrastructure to be able to
provide more sub-specialized services. He
stated that the center required a helipad to assist us in the evacuation of trauma patients
in order to increase medical tourism. The Centre also required the establishment of
a radiotherapy center for cancer treatment, an infectious disease center, specialist and other
critical staff housing, and official vehicles for the center. The University of Ghana Medical Center
(UGMC) is a quaternary hospital offering quality medical services to patients and
acting also as a hub of research and training in all spheres of the health sector. The role
of non-clinical staff in fulfilling this mandate cannot be overemphasized.
To power our ambitious quest to maintain a cutting-edge facility are smart,
well-qualified and mission-minded leaders running these departments.
The University of Ghana Medical Centre, West Africa's largest hospital with ultramodern
machines, has begun full-scale operations following the completion of the second phase
of the project and subsequent handover to the facility's management. We certainly hope that
the hospital will not only serve Ghanaians and West Africans, but the entire African continent.
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