The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is urgently seeking government intervention to waive a one million Ghana Cedi (GH¢1M) import duty on a vital piece of equipment for its Oncology Department.
The equipment, a water phantom, is essential for calibrating the hospital’s linear accelerator system, which plays a crucial role in the treatment of cancer patients.
The delay in restoring this system has already caused significant disruption, prompting doctors in the Oncology Unit to go on strike.
The medical staff are protesting the delay, which they say is severely affecting their ability to provide life-saving care to cancer patients.
KATH CEO, Prof. Otchere Addai-Mensah, highlighted the issue during the hospital’s mid-year performance review.
He emphasized that government support, particularly in the form of a duty waiver, would greatly expedite the process of restoring the equipment, allowing the hospital to resume full cancer treatment services as quickly as possible.
Source: www.kumasimail.com
