JICA SUPPORTS SPECIALIST CARE AT KATH

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The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has become the hub for the expedited diagnosis of communicable and non-communicable diseases with the installation of an 82 thousand Euro state-of-the-art automated urinalyzer equipment. 

The high capacity urine and body fluid analyzer, the first of its kind in West Africa and touted as a boost for specialist healthcare delivery in the Ashanti Region, was provided by the Japan International Co-operation Agency, JICA, through SYSMEX, a Japanese world class electronic health equipment manufacturer. 

The urine analyzer system can perform a range of urine and other body fluid analysis for 70 samples within an hour, bringing its total daily output in excess of one thousand 200, with accurate results of the biochemical contents of samples. 

The device can also pick up early signals of diseases arising out of organ malfunction or tissue damage. 

Speaking at the inauguration in Kumasi, Chief Executive Officer of the hospital, Dr. Oheneba Owusu-Danso said the machine will enhance the capacity of the facility to scale-up laboratory services to the benefit of other health facilities in the Region and a make positive impact on specialist care for patients.

He commended the gesture from JICA, describing it as a milestone, which will re-position Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital as 'the leading provider of specialists’ healthcare services in West Africa.'

  The Chief Representative of JICA, Hirofumi Hoshi, said the Agency has been in the forefront of initiating schemes that support the development agenda of African nations. 

He said Japan continues to support Ghana in the health and agriculture sectors particular in the areas of child nutrition and agric mechanization. Deputy Head of Missions of the Japanese Embassy, Tomita Koji, said the provision of the urine analyzer system is to help ease Africa’s infrastructure and equipment challenges in dealing with the huge burden of rising incidences of non-communicable diseases. 

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah called for a good maintenance culture from staff of the hospital.

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