Due to their involvement in patient extortion, two physicians at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi have been suspended.
Each of the two received a one-month suspension from work. One has already completed their suspension, while the other will do so as of right now.
When he paid the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a courtesy call at his palace in Manhyia, Kumasi, yesterday, Professor Otchere Yaw Addai-Mensah, the KATH's CEO, revealed this.
He made the trip to the Asantehene to present himself and the hospital's administration after taking office six months ago.
Discipline
The Asantehene was informed by Prof. Addai-Mensah that when he assumed control of the hospital's management, his first objective was to instill discipline in the employees' work ethics.
the building as a part of initiatives to make the hospital more patient-focused.
He pointed out that several of the clinics were also running late, which increased the time that patients had to wait.
With the assistance of the Board of Directors, the CEO of KATH said that steps had been put in place and that all clinics now "start work at 8 a.m."
Prof. Addai-Mensah said that directors at the hospital had been rostered so that there were always two directors on duty every weekend and on statutory holidays in order to maintain effective monitoring and a smooth flow of work.
The CEO added that during his six months in charge, he had been successful in securing sponsorship. The KATH physicians' and nurses' apartments received a facelift, and the Point of Sales (POS) and Mobile Money (MoMo) payment systems were implemented to make it simple for patients and their family members to pay expenses.
However, Prof. Addai-Mensah informed the Asantehene that the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)-sponsored hospital's Maternal and Baby Unit and the Sickle Cell and Blood Transfusion Centre were no longer being built.
He said that no work had been done on any of the projects for nearly a year, and he appealed to the Asantehene to step in to see that the projects were finished.
military terrain
Another issue KATH faced, according to the CEO, was financing to purchase the nearby military land. Even though the military had agreed to transfer and provide the site to the hospital, Prof. Addai-Mensah claimed that cash was still required to move the military buildings, and "the money involved is quite huge."
I don't need money
Otumfuo Osei Tutu replied, however, that the military had already been transferred and that the hospital would not need to pay for the property once more.
The Asantehene said that the matter had already been resolved and that there was no need for payment in exchange for the land after speaking with the President and the Minister of Defence.
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