The Cabinet has approved the Ghana Medical Trust (Mahama Cares) Fund Bill for onward transmission to Parliament, President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed.
The Fund, which is in fulfillment of the President's campaign promise, is aimed at relieving the financial burden of sufferers of chronic diseases.
President Mahama made the disclosure on Friday, when he received a cheque of one million and two thousand Ghana cedis from all the 11 agencies under the Ministry for the Interior in support of the Mahama Cares Fund.
Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), on behalf of the 11 agencies, presented the check to President Mahama at the Presidency in Accra.