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November 13, 2023
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu has provided an update on the now reopened Renal Unit of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
According to him the circumstances that led to closure of the unit, Mr. Agyeman-Manu (MP, Dormaa Central) sighted debt owed by the renal unit to its supplier FMC in South Africa.
He further added that finance minister had approved for the disbursement of GH¢4 million to settle the accrued debt of the renal unit.
Every patient who visits the renal unit for dialysis at Korle-Bu is required to pay a subsidised fee of GH¢380 each day.
The renal unit receives 260-300 patients a week for dialysis at full capacity; undertakes about 2,000 dialysis sessions per month and operates for 24 hours.
Over the past 5 years, a wholly-owned Ghanaian company, First Sky Group committed GH¢1 million every quarter to enable patients who cannot afford dialysis to have two sessions a week for free, which constitutes over 80% of the patients’ receiving treatment at Korle-Bu renal unit and accounts for over 80% of the renal unit’s revenue.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com