The Ministry of Health (MoH) has acquired 30 additional dialysis machines for Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. These machines, equipped with consumables for a year, will be installed at the new Urology and Nephrology Centre of Excellence by the end of the year.
The new machines aim to enhance the hospital’s service delivery and cost efficiency while mitigating future shortages.
Mustapha Salifu, Head of the Public Relations Office at the hospital, revealed in an interview with the Daily Graphic that the machines were procured through the efforts of Health Minister Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye.
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Unlike the current machines, which require ordering consumables from manufacturers, the new machines can use consumables sourced from the open market at competitive prices.
This change is expected to improve the hospital’s operational efficiency.
Salifu also addressed the recent shutdown of the hospital’s Renal Dialysis Unit due to a consumables shortage.
He mentioned that the hospital has now secured a significant amount of essential supplies, which are being processed for delivery at Tema Port.
Consequently, the unit will resume outpatient dialysis by tomorrow, with dialysis for inpatients having already recommenced yesterday. Salifu apologized for any inconvenience caused and thanked the Health Minister, Ministry of Finance, and GRA for their support.
