President John Dramani Mahama has commissioned an ultramodern 85-bed ward complex at the Ghana Police Hospital in Accra to expand its capacity and improve healthcare delivery to police personnel and the general public.
The facility, named the Christian Tetteh Yohuno Ward Complex, increases the hospital’s total bed capacity to more than 200, providing additional space for patients and enabling the hospital to offer more specialised care on site.
Speaking at the commissioning ceremony on Tuesday, 13 October, Inspector-General of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno said the new complex marked a significant step towards improving healthcare for police personnel.
“This landmark facility marks a major step in standardising health as a fundamental human right for the Ghana Police Service. This principle matters because officers’ ability to protect life and property depends largely on their physical and mental well-being,” he said.
Established about 50 years ago primarily to serve police officers and their dependants, the hospital has since expanded its services to the general public, particularly in emergencies. It also receives accident victims, officers injured in the line of duty, unidentified persons and victims of violent crimes and sexual abuse.
IGP Yohuno said the hospital’s expanding responsibilities had placed increasing pressure on its existing infrastructure, making further investment necessary to meet the needs of both police personnel and the public.
The new complex includes separate male and female medical and surgical wards, as well as dedicated male and female paediatric wards. The IGP described the paediatric unit as the first of its kind at the hospital since its establishment five decades ago.
It is also equipped with diagnostic and patient-monitoring equipment, an in-house laboratory, a pharmacy, an elevator for transporting patients and medical supplies, administrative offices and parking space for approximately 50 vehicles. A welfare shop has also been provided to serve patients and other users of the facility.
“Most importantly, the complex will allow more specialised care to be provided on site, reducing the need to transfer patients elsewhere and helping to minimise the associated costs and inconvenience,” Yohuno said.
He highlighted other recent interventions at the hospital, including the renovation of the emergency area, refurbishment of the mortuary, the establishment of a facility for unidentified accident and emergency victims, and the introduction of electronic medical records.
He also disclosed that the approximately 100-bed Tamale Police Hospital had been completed and equipped, extending investments in police healthcare beyond Accra.
Yohuno stressed that maintaining the new complex to high standards would be as important as its completion, urging continued attention to the facility’s upkeep
