President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Friday inaugurated the new state-of-the-art Urology and Nephrology Centre of Excellence at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), in Accra.

Funded with credit facility from the Raiffeisen Bank International AG of Austria with insurance cov­er from OeKB Group the centre is the largest and one of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa. • President Akufo-Addo (middle) cutting the tape to open the facility for use It has a 31-suite dialysis station for persons with kidney disorders, and 70 beds for genito-urinary patients.

Units under the Centre include outpatient, diagnostic and treat­ment, in-patient services, admin­istration, training room, manage­ment and technology centre.

The new centre offers out-pa­tient services and also serves as a resource base to conduct research into urology and nephrology cases.