Tamale Teaching Hospital has no CEO

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President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday appealed to people of the Northern Region to drop the negative and destructive attitudes towards the administration of the Tamale Teaching Hospital to enhance quality healthcare delivery.

He said, ?I am aware of the problems here concerning a new CEO and I have tasked the Minister of Health to help address such problems to ensure that the position is occupied for effective and efficient administration at the hospital?.

President Mahama said this during the inauguration of the Hospital?s first phase facelift project and cut the sod for work to begin on thesecond phase which is to cost 48.5 million euros.

Late President Atta Mills, in April 2010, cut the sod for the refurbishment of the Hospital with 39.3 million euros jointly funded by the Dutch government and Ghana government.

President Mahama said the ?pull him down? attitude in the Hospital?s administration was not healthy to improve conditions and called for unity, collaboration and teamwork to ensure that the Hospital became a centre of excellence.

He urged management and staff of the Hospital to reaffirm their stake in it to ensure excellence and avoid negative acts that would bring acrimony and draw back the clock of progress.

The President said the government was committed to investing in the health sector and added that more facilities would be provided to befit its status as a teaching hospital.

Dr Prosper Akanbong, the Acting Chief Executive Officer, said management and staff of the Hospital would continue to work hard to ensure that it excelled to justify government?s investment in refurbishing the facility.

He commend government for honouring its campaign promise by giving the Hospital a facelift and gave the assurance that management and staff would work hard to ensure that the Hospital became the best in the country.

Source: GNA

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