The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South and a member of Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has called on the Mahama administration to urgently operationalise the completed Trede Agenda 111 Hospital in the Ashanti Region, arguing that the facility could help ease the growing pressure on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
His appeal comes as KATH continues to grapple with severe congestion, with its Accident and Emergency Centre recently forced to suspend new admissions after exceeding its capacity.
Dr Agyemang made the call during an inspection tour of selected abandoned and non-operational health facilities in the Ashanti Region by the Minority Caucus on Parliament’s Health Committee.
During a visit to the Trede facility, the lawmaker expressed disappointment that the 100-bed hospital remains closed despite being fully completed, equipped and commissioned.
“It’s so disheartening. This is the completed Trede Agenda 111 hospital facility with staff quarters. Two-bedroom apartments and suites are ready. There are TV screens and every fitting that needs to be fixed is ready, but the hospital is not opened,” he said.
According to Dr Agyemang, the facility possesses all the infrastructure and equipment required to begin operations immediately, with staffing being the only outstanding requirement.
“All that the hospital needs is human beings to come and work there. Mr President, we dey beg you. Just bring the nurses and doctors to come and work here for us,” he appealed.
The Abuakwa South MP noted that the hospital was commissioned in December 2024 and remains in a condition that allows for immediate use.
“Everything is ready and it was commissioned in December 2024. These flat screens, all the air conditioners and ceiling fans are working. There is light and everything is being left to go waste,” he lamented.
Dr Agyemang argued that activating the facility would significantly reduce the burden on major healthcare centres in the Ashanti Region, particularly KATH, which continues to receive large numbers of referrals and patients from across the country.
“It’s a 100-bed hospital, including Accident and Emergency. Government, we beg you, come and operationalise the facility,” he stated.
He further warned that leaving completed healthcare infrastructure idle undermines efforts to improve access to quality healthcare and expand service delivery nationwide.
The legislator therefore urged the government to prioritise the recruitment and deployment of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals to the facility to enable it to begin serving residents of Trede and surrounding communities.
According to the Minority Caucus, its ongoing inspection exercise is intended to draw attention to completed but non-operational health projects across the country and advocate for their immediate activation to help address mounting pressure on existing healthcare facilities.
