MahamaCares partners MoH to build 3 laboratories to treat heart diseases

Ghana is set to make a major advance in cardiac care as the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (MahamaCares), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, begins the construction of three catheterization laboratories to support the diagnosis and treatment of heart diseases.

The facilities, expected to be completed and operational by the end of the first quarter of the year, will be located in Kumasi, Tamale and Accra, significantly expanding access to life saving cardiac interventions across the country.

The initiative responds to years of appeals from cardiologists and health professionals who have long highlighted the absence of adequate catheterization laboratories outside a limited number of facilities.

At the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, the Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Adwoa Obuobia Darko Opoku, led a team to inspect the site earmarked for the construction of the hospital’s catheterization laboratory. She described the project as a decisive step toward addressing a critical gap in Ghana’s healthcare system.

According to her, the establishment of the three heart laboratories reflects the administration’s determination to translate policy commitments into tangible health infrastructure.

She noted that the President has taken a keen interest in the work of the Medical Trust Fund, frequently demanding updates and progress reports to ensure that promises made to Ghanaians are delivered.

“So, I think that we are on the ground, and this week we are cutting the sod for all three projects we are doing for the cath labs. From here, we are hitting Tamale, coming back to Accra to do Kole-Bu” Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Adwoa Obuobia Darko Opoku.

She explained that sod cutting for all three projects would take place within the week, after which construction would begin immediately. Engineers, she added, have assured the Fund that the facilities can be built and fully installed within three months, paving the way for commissioning by the President before the end of March.

Medical professionals at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital have welcomed the development with optimism, describing it as the fulfilment of a long held aspiration. Dr Yaw Adu Boakye, Head of Cardiology at the hospital, said the quest for a catheterization laboratory had spanned more than a decade.