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The management of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and Leukaemia Project Foundation (LPF) has successfully signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the construction of the first Haematology and Sickle Cell Centre in the country and for the training of doctors in this specialised field of medicine and equipping this facility to cushion the cost of traveling abroad for treatment, make available adequate health care and help patients in Ghana and indeed West Africa.

The ultra-modern facility which would be known as the Ghana Centre for Haematology and Clinical Genetics will have laboratories, a day-care centre, an emergency unit and ambulance service, wards for inpatients, and an outpatient department (OPD). It will also have a bone marrow registry and offices for consultants and an administration as well as research unit when completed. Chairman of the Leukaemia Project Foundation, Alhassan Andani said "We are committed to setting up a comprehensive haematology and Sickle Cell Centre to offer quality diagnosis, treatment and ultimately reduce mortality rate and improve quality of life for these patients in Ghana and the sub-region,” the Foundation chose Korle-Bu as the best location for the project because it is the premier tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana and the third biggest referral centre in Africa, ‘and well able to man the facility when completed.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of KBTH, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah welcomed the partnership saying it has come at the right time to help address the infrastructural deficit in the care of patients with Leukaemia and other blood-related diseases. He assured the Foundation of the full support of the hospital to facilitate the process of building the centre.

We use this medium to call on well-meaning Ghanaian and corporate institutions to rally round to support this great lifesaving Project for the victims of this blood cancers and disorders as well create job opportunities for Ghanaians.