Health Minister appeals to mining companies to takeover and complete Agenda 111 hospitals

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has appealed to mining companies to instrumentality over, implicit and equip the Agenda 111 infirmary projects successful their operational areas.

He said the mining companies should enactment with the authorities to run the facilities.

Speaking astatine a property briefing successful Accra connected Monday [Dec 1, 2025], Mr Akandoh said the strategy was to guarantee that galore of the stalled infirmary projects were completed.

"Wherever we person Agenda 111 hospitals that are uncompleted, and determination is simply a mining institution there, we are encouraging them to instrumentality over, implicit it, equip it, and spouse with the authorities to tally it," helium said.

Mr Akandoh said targeting mining firms represents a circumstantial implementation of the broader concern strategy, focusing connected companies successful resource-rich areas.

He cited existing examples of firm engagement successful healthcare, noting that the Maritime and the Bank of Ghana hospitals are examples.

"There are different firm bodies with hospitals. There is thing incorrect with it," helium said, adding that the Ministry wants backstage assemblage engagement beyond mining companies.

The Minister said the authorities would not wantonness immoderate Agenda 111 project. While immoderate completions volition beryllium funded straight by the government, backstage assemblage information volition service arsenic a complementary approach.

"Apart from the government's nonstop allocation to completing immoderate of them, we are besides going to impact the backstage sector," helium explained.

The Agenda 111 project, launched by erstwhile President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo successful August 2021, aims to physique 101 territory hospitals, six determination hospitals successful caller regions, and 2 psychiatric hospitals.