Story: Joe Okyere, Cape Coast
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Addow Obeng, has cut the sod to mark the construction of a ¢5 billion administration block for the university’s School of Medical Sciences.
The block will consist of 35 offices and two conference halls.
Rev. Prof. Obeng said the UCC currently had accreditation from the Accreditation Board to run its programme to train more doctors to reduce the high doctor-patient ratio of about one to 12,500 for efficient and effective health delivery service in the country.
He commended the Member of Parliament for Assin North, Mr Kennedy Agyepong, for single-handedly promising to contribute ¢1 billion towards the project and a further contribution for the completion of the project.
So far, Mr Agyepong has provided ¢500 million in two instalments for the project.
Rev. Prof. Obeng called on philanthropists and corporate bodies to contribute towards the realisation of the programme, since the university was currently relying on its own funds for the School of Medical Sciences.
The Chairman of the Medical School Project Implementation Committee and Pro-Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kobina Yankson, said the programme was designed to make an impact on the healthcare delivery of the country because it had been structured such that its products would be equipped with not only curative but preventive healthcare services.
He said the trainees would be attached to rural health posts and clinics to enable them to grasp the challenges to handle cases.
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