DR. OTENG AGYEI ASSISTS KORLE BU, SMCH

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A former Minister of Energy, Dr. Joe Oteng Agyei, has presented two Photo Therapy machines to the Saint Michael’s Catholic Hospital at Pramso in the Bosomtwe district of Ashanti and the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra to help improve on their healthcare services to the people. 

Each of the two major hospitals received one of the machines which is very critical in the treatment of jaundice in new born babies. The machines cost two thousand Dollars each. 

Making the presentation on behalf of the Oteng Agyei family to the Saint Michael’s Catholic Hospital, Dr. Oteng Agyei who also served as Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, explained that the donation of the medical equipment is the family’s way of commemorating the 10th anniversary of the death of his their father, Opanin Kwadwo Oteng Agyei, who was a native of Pramso.


 He explained further that the donation of the machine to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital was prompted by the fact that the facility has just one of such critically needed equipment to attend to its numerous patients.

 Dr. Oteng Agyei recounted how a members of his family suffered to get treatment for a new born who was diagnosed of jaundice as a result of congestion at the hospital due to the inadequate number of the Photo Therapy saying that the child survived by miracle. 

The Acting Medical Director of the Saint Michael’s Catholic Hospital, Dr. Samuel Adu, who received the machine on behalf of the Hospital which is the main referral healthcare facility in the Bosomtwe district and its adjoining communities, noted that the hospital has just one outmoded such essential equipment to cater for the numerous cases adding that in most cases, patients have had to be to be transferred to either the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital or Korle-Bu for treatment.

 He therefore thanked the Oteng Agyei family for the gesture, particularly Dr. Oteng Agyei for the numerous assistance he has been rendering to not only the hospital, but the entire district.

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