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.