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General News of Monday, 19 April 1999

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Agogo Hospital commissions 115 million-cedi block

Agogo (Ashanti), 19th April 

The Right Reverend Dr Sam Prempeh, Moderator of the synod of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, on Saturday said the church will continue to collaborate with the government in the provision of health care for the poor and the needy.

The church would also ensure that hospitals and clinics provided by the church are sited in the rural areas.

The Rt. Rev. Prempeh was dedicating a 115 million-cedi building built by the Reverend.Ernest Peyer Memorial Foundation for the Agogo Presbyterian Hospital at Agogo in the Asante-Akim North.district.

The building is to serve as residential accommodation for post-graduate students in Ophthalmology who undertake practical training at the hospital and newly-qualified doctors who do their housemanship there.

The 250-bed hospital established by the Basel Missionary in 1931 provides services in general medicine, surgery, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and ophthalmology.