The Minority Caucus in Parliament has chastised the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital for increasing the cost of renal dialysis from GHS¢380 to GHS¢765.42, describing the move as “illegal and outrageous.”
Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Minority Caucus’ spokesperson on health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, said that the hospital cannot set its own fees and charges without parliamentary approval.
Akandoh also urged the facility to focus on providing quality healthcare to Ghanaians and not making profits.
Kwabena Mintah Akandoh said the main objective of a public health facility is not profit-making. The main objective of every public health facility in this country is to provide quality healthcare to the people and not profit-making.
Akandoh added that the Minority Caucus will be compelled to visit the hospital to ascertain the situation if the outrageous charge is not halted by Monday, October 2.
Story by: Osei Akoto (Teacher Kojo) / Ahotoronline.com
