The management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has made a clarification regarding the recently announced review of dialysis costs at the facility. Contrary to earlier reports, the health facility has not yet implemented the revised dialysis charges.A notice issued by the head of the dialysis unit had earlier indicated an increase in the cost of renal dialysis from GHS¢380 to GHS¢765.

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42, which had raised concerns among the public regarding the affordability of this vital medical treatment.In a statement, the hospital's management has clarified that they have not yet submitted the proposed fee adjustment to Parliament for approval.

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<img alt="" class="wp-image-566364"/>Meanwhile, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, the ranking member on the Health Committee of Parliament, has voiced his concerns, stating that the proposed fee increase places undue financial pressure on the public.“If you are charging GH¢765 per dialysis, in some cases you have to do it three times within one week.

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And so we are talking about more than GH¢2000, within one month you are talking about in the region of about GH¢9000. Even me as a MP I can’t afford that and so the main objective of a public health facility is not profit making.”“The main objective of every public health facility in this country is to offer quality healthcare to the people, it is not profit-making.

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Because we even know other private and quasi-health facilities that are charging less than 700 and yet they are running their departments and units,” he stated.

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