It was also to support clinical and research programmes, con­struct a maternal-child health cen­tre with a labour and delivery suite, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units and an adolescent clinic.

Dr Zohra Balsara, Health Office Director USAID, Ghana, disclosed this during handing over of a $220, 000 mobile clinic van to the med­ical centre to support its outreach activities, on December 20, 2024.

She explained that the mo­bile clinic was equipped with an ultrasound machine and printer, an echocardiogram machine, two examination beds, three consulting rooms, air conditioners, a refriger­ator for vaccines, a generator and a power system.
    

According to her, HopeXchange Medical Centre would manage and operate the clinic and provide specialised medical screenings to communities in the Ashanti Region and beyond.

She expressed the hope that with the introduction of the mobile clinic, preventive, promotive and curative health services would be brought to the doorsteps of those who would be unable to travel to Kumasi.

Dr Zohra said the beauty of the HopeXchange model “is that everyone has the right to the highest level of quality health care, embodying a true vision of equity”.

The medical centre, she under­lined, “is a state-of-the-art health care facility managed by the Chris­tian Health Authority of Ghana (CHAG) that serves four million people across Ghana”.

On his part, Mr Dominic Osei Kofi, General Manager of the HopeXchange Medical Centre, mentioned that about 12,517 people in 63 communities in the Ashanti and Bono East regions had received health education and med­ical screening “at no cost” through their outreach programme from October 2023 to September 2024.

Medical screening in rural and poor communities, he noted, had been part of the services of the hospital but now one of their core activities.

He expressed optimism that the mobile clinic van would enable the outreach team to significantly expand its community services and augment their outreach activities.

The robust and dedicated out­reach team of clinicians, he said, reached out to communities within the Ashanti and Bono East regions with health education and medical screening at no cost to the people.

According to the General Man­ager about 20 women identified with masses in their breasts during various outreaches, received various interventions ranging from ultra­sound and ICT scans, histopatho­logical diagnosis to free surgery and returned home with renewed hope for life.

The general manager re-af­firmed that the mobile clinic would allow the outreach team to reach underserved and remote commu­nities nationwide, offering health education and medical screening including specialised services.

He added that it would also provide essential free quality med­ical care to people who otherwise lacked access, including children in need.

HopeXchange Medical Centre is located at Santasi, in Kumasi.