President John Mahama has disclosed that it requires $1.7 billion to complete the unfinished Agenda 111 hospitals introduced by former President Akufo-Addo.
Speaking to the Christian Council when they paid a courtesy call on him, he slammed the previous government for commissioning hospitals without beds.
He used the opportunity to appeal to the religious bodies to collaborate in completing the delayed projects.
He revealed that close to 90 of the Agenda 111 hospitals launched by the previous government remain uncompleted.
“The previous government started Agenda 111 but has not been able to finish the hospitals. There are so many of them unfinished. Even the ones they commissioned don’t have a single bed.
“Now we need 1.7 billion US dollars to complete the Agenda 111 projects,” he said.
He added, “If the missions have a hospital in an area, we are not coming to compete with the missions by building a hospital. We will use the resources to improve the mission hospitals so that they can provide the service.
“So I am also proposing that if some of the missions are interested, they could finish some of the hospitals and manage them.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
