The Minerals Income and Investment Fund (MIIF) has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to partner with the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to help improve healthcare delivery.
The Chief Executive Officer of MIIF, Justina Nelson, stated that healthcare advocacy and support services form one of the three pillars of MIIF’s operations, with the other two being the expansion of the mining sector and the prudent investment of mining royalties.
She made this known when the Director of Medical Affairs of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere, on behalf of the Chief Executive Officer, led members of the Central Management Team to pay a courtesy call on MIIF. The visit was aimed at exploring avenues for partnership, particularly in efforts to strengthen the health sector.
Mrs Nelson emphasized that the most valuable asset of any nation is a healthy population. She, therefore, reiterated MIIF’s commitment to supporting the hospital in bridging its infrastructure gap. Present at the meeting from MIIF were Charles Benoni Okine, Director of Corporate Affairs and External Relations; Rosetta Esi Asmah, Head of Human Resources, Administration, Finance David Awuah-Mensah; among other officials.
Dr Owusu-Sekyere highlighted that Korle Bu specializes in delivering cutting-edge, world-class healthcare services, largely due to its unmatched human resource base. He described the hospital as a beacon for teaching, research, and medical tourism, and a referral Centre for complex medical conditions.
He further reiterated the hospital’s readiness to collaborate with MIIF to strengthen the Women in Mining initiative, particularly the Girl-Child-in-School programme, which is scheduled to be rolled out in September this year.
Dr Owusu-Sekyere also stressed that at Korle Bu, the delivery of healthcare is not dependent on the ability to pay. No patient is turned away on the basis of affordability.
The Korle Bu delegation included Dr Frank Owusu-Sekyere, Director of Medical Affairs; Aimee Akotey, Acting Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services; Munir Alhassan, Director of Administration; Dr Charles Ofei-Palm, Director of Pharmacy; Yahuza Jawula, Director of Human Resources; Felicity Commey, Deputy Director of Supply Chain; and Mustapha Salifu, Head of Public Relations.
