The Member of Parliament for Lambussie, Prof. Titus Beyuo, has assured that the Sewua Hospital in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region will be fully operationalised before the end of the year, as government works to resolve outstanding issues delaying its opening.
The facility was commissioned by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2025 but has yet to begin operations due to a series of infrastructural and administrative challenges.
Speaking on Eyewitness News on Wednesday, June 10, Prof. Beyuo said progress is being made in addressing the key bottlenecks hindering the hospital’s operation, expressing optimism that it will be opened within the year.
He explained that authorities are currently reviewing discrepancies between claims made by the contractor and assessments conducted by the Ministry of Finance, a process he said is necessary to ensure accuracy before any payments are finalised.
Prof. Beyuo, however, disclosed that based on his latest briefing from the Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, government is working with an even shorter timeline to operationalise the facility.
According to him, the minister is pressing relevant agencies to expedite work on the hospital, stressing that it is expected to be opened earlier than the end of the year, though he could not disclose the exact timeline.
“From my last briefing from the Minister for Health, he is not expecting up to the end of the year. In fact, he has a much shorter timeline which I won’t disclose because I don’t know if I have his authority to disclose” he said.
His comments come amid renewed calls from the Minority in Parliament for the swift operationalisation of the 500-bed facility, which is expected to ease congestion and bed shortages at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH).
