On Tuesday June 6 2017, hospital staff joined board members and other dignitaries in unveiling the recently completed 6-bedroom hostel facility in Ankaase in the Afigya Kwabre district of the Ashanti region.
The facility’s completion was made possible by funds from the Methodist church-Kumasi diocese, The Mission Society (TMS) Global, Surgeon Noonan society and the Methodist Faith Healing hospital.
The new multipurpose hostel has the capacity to host 14 people at one time. It is also manned by 24-hour security personnel in addition to high quality CCTV monitoring. As part of the high security standards, four 440 Watt street lights illuminate the hostel’s surroundings at night. Backup electrical supply in case of power outage is provided by a state of the art electrical generator.
Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, the Kumasi Diocese Bishop, Rt. Rev. Christopher Andam urged community members to help the hospital in protecting and securing its facilities as it benefits not only the Ankaase community, but also the Afigya Kwabre district. He also praised the efforts of the workers whose hard work and perseverance through difficult times made this project a reality.
The chief executive officer, Mr. Joseph Atta Amankwaa spoke about the need to improve the road network leading to the hospital. The terrible nature of the roads makes it a difficult commute especially in emergency situations where patients had to be referred to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, the only tertiary hospital in the region. In addition, he humbly asked the NHIS representatives present at the unveiling to help facilitate insurance funds reimbursement to the hospital as the current nature of affairs were making it exceedingly difficult to operate affairs at the hospital. The hospital provided care for over 60,000 patients last year and is on course to do the same this year. The last time the hospital received NHIS funds were for May 2016 insurance reimbursement.
The new hostel will be used to host two groups of students in June-July 2017. The first group, TMS global, are part
of the greenlight program. The greenlight program is designed for students who are interested in cross cultural ministry. Students in the greenlight program, all from the United States, will be led by Dr. Cameron Gongwer.
The second group, Surgeon Noonan, are a group of medical students from Ireland who will be using the hospital as a site to learn more about tropical medicine as part of their 4th year medical school elective studies.
The hospital is excited to host and partner with these groups in promoting health locally and internationally. The new hostel is open to all interested groups and individuals willing to patronize the facility. For more pictures of the hostel please visit the gallery section of our webpage.
Please visit our contact us page or email us at info@mfhhospital.org, for more information about the hostel and other services we offer.