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Authorities at the Apam Catholic Hospital have appealed to the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), to settle its bills with the hospital, to save it from collapse.
“ They haven’t paid us for the past six months. Because of this, we are running out of stock, and the hospital is on the verge of collapse. Most of the medicines are not there, and that has forced us to prescribe for the patients to buy,” noted Dr. Ebenezer Amekah, Acting Medical Supt, Apam Hospital, in an interview with The Chronicle.
This was after an executive team from General Electrics (GE), made up of the African American Forum (AAF), had paid a familiarisation tour of the hospital over the weekend, to inspect medical equipments and machinery it provided the hospital sometime ago.
The NHIA is believed to be indebted to the Apam Catholic Hospital to a tune of GH¢80,000 for medical services it provided to patients under the National Health Insurance Scheme.
The situation is said to be having a adverse effect on the hospital, looking at the numerous communities the hospital is serving.
Established in 1959, Apam Hospital is the only hospital serving the people of the Gomoa West and East Districts.
But, authorities of the hospital say, in spite of the huge financial gap, they would still go ahead to provide free medical services to patients under the scheme.
“We will continue to manage with the limited resources at our disposal,” Dr. Amekah told The Chronicle.
The hospital is also said to be faced with acute water shortages, and has to depend on water tanker supplies provided by General Electric (GE).
But, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Gomoa West, Mr. Theophilus Adu Mensah, told the paper that plans were far advanced to address the water situation that has plagued the entire Apam community.
According to him, the district has already secured pipes from funds it raised in the various communities under the district, and would soon lay them to enable the people enjoy potable drinking water.
He pledged his outfit’s continuous support to the Apam Catholic Hospital and other institutions to foster growth in the region.
Mr. Mensah however assured the delegation that his office would work enormously to waive taxes on equipments imported to support the district in its development.
In 2005, the Apam Catholic Hospital was put on a GE program by then Director General of the Ghana Health Services, Professor Agyemang Badu Akosah, to receive medical equipment support.
In 2006, the hospital was supplied with a standby generator, an overhead water reservoir, X-ray machine, incubator, body warmer machine, as well as internet facility.
Since the introduction of the medical equipment, authorities of the hospital say healthcare delivery has improved significantly, with more referrals coming into the hospital cue to better health delivery.
“ They haven’t paid us for the past six months. Because of this, we are running out of stock, and the hospital is on the verge of collapse. Most of the medicines are not there, and that has forced us to prescribe for the patients to buy,” noted Dr. Ebenezer Amekah, Acting Medical Supt, Apam Hospital, in an interview with The Chronicle.
This was after an executive team from General Electrics (GE), made up of the African American Forum (AAF), had paid a familiarisation tour of the hospital over the weekend, to inspect medical equipments and machinery it provided the hospital sometime ago.
The NHIA is believed to be indebted to the Apam Catholic Hospital to a tune of GH¢80,000 for medical services it provided to patients under the National Health Insurance Scheme.
The situation is said to be having a adverse effect on the hospital, looking at the numerous communities the hospital is serving.
Established in 1959, Apam Hospital is the only hospital serving the people of the Gomoa West and East Districts.
But, authorities of the hospital say, in spite of the huge financial gap, they would still go ahead to provide free medical services to patients under the scheme.
“We will continue to manage with the limited resources at our disposal,” Dr. Amekah told The Chronicle.
The hospital is also said to be faced with acute water shortages, and has to depend on water tanker supplies provided by General Electric (GE).
But, the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Gomoa West, Mr. Theophilus Adu Mensah, told the paper that plans were far advanced to address the water situation that has plagued the entire Apam community.
According to him, the district has already secured pipes from funds it raised in the various communities under the district, and would soon lay them to enable the people enjoy potable drinking water.
He pledged his outfit’s continuous support to the Apam Catholic Hospital and other institutions to foster growth in the region.
Mr. Mensah however assured the delegation that his office would work enormously to waive taxes on equipments imported to support the district in its development.
In 2005, the Apam Catholic Hospital was put on a GE program by then Director General of the Ghana Health Services, Professor Agyemang Badu Akosah, to receive medical equipment support.
In 2006, the hospital was supplied with a standby generator, an overhead water reservoir, X-ray machine, incubator, body warmer machine, as well as internet facility.
Since the introduction of the medical equipment, authorities of the hospital say healthcare delivery has improved significantly, with more referrals coming into the hospital cue to better health delivery.
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