University Hospital rechts der Isar in Munich, Germany, has presented ventilators worth 100,000.00 euros to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH),for the treatment of persons who are ill with SARS-CoV virus (severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) -associated with coronavirus, or suffer from other serious ailments and need intensive medical care.

The development followed a partnership between the two hospitals that had existed since 2017.

Funding from the University Hospital programme of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is channelled to the field of oncology, surgery and gynaecology at the KATH.

The GIZ programme supports projects between German institutions and those from low and middle income countries in the medical and health sector, with focus on capacity development for health staff, and since 2016, it had been supporting 12 projects in Ghana.

Professor Matthias Richter-Tutur of University Hospital rechts der Isar said, it was his desire to see that the partnership between the two hospitals resulted in quality health of Ghanaians.

“Being active in the Ghanaian-German medical cooperation for 36 years, I am very glad to see the continuous growth of our activities and, in spite of COVID-19, the personal contacts of many young active hospital members within the hospital partnership of Munich and Kumasi and other places”, he emphasised.

Dr Oheneba Owusu-Danso, Chief Executive of the KATH, received the equipment on behalf of the hospital.

He remarked:”our partnership with our colleagues from Munich has grown enormously, and it is fantastic that we can save more lives now by using the new oxygen ventilators accompanied by trainings”.

The partnership, he indicated, would soon see the establishment of a competence center on oncology at the KATH.

The aim of the global GIZ Hospital partnerships programme at the interface of Global Health-Medical Partnerships-International Cooperation, is to enable health professionals worldwide to receive further training and education in their professional skills.

Since 2016, nearly 3,000 professionals from medical and health sectors have been deployed in 65 countries in 362 projects to date.