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India's Apollo Hospitals Group has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today with the government of Ghana to develop tertiary healthcare services in Ghana and for providing specialised medical treatment for the country's patients at some of the Apollo's facilities in India.
As per the MoU, Apollo will provide high-end tertiary healthcare services at its centre's in India to patients referred by the Ghana's ministry of health.
Under the partnership, Apollo will assist in identifying gaps in current healthcare facilities including infrastructure, equipment and skills at the Korle Bu Hospital in Accra in the country's south and other government-run hospitals in Ghana.
Also, Apollo's consultants will conduct cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, nephrology, neurosurgery and paediatric specialty clinics in Ghana besides training its medical and paramedical personnel through exchange programmes.
Clinical lectures and continued medical educational (CME) programmes by specialists from Apollo would also be hosted. For a two-year period, all Apollo Hospitals would be linked through telemedicine with hospitals in Ghana for free super specialty consultations.
As per the MoU, Apollo will provide high-end tertiary healthcare services at its centre's in India to patients referred by the Ghana's ministry of health.
Under the partnership, Apollo will assist in identifying gaps in current healthcare facilities including infrastructure, equipment and skills at the Korle Bu Hospital in Accra in the country's south and other government-run hospitals in Ghana.
Also, Apollo's consultants will conduct cardiology, oncology, orthopedics, nephrology, neurosurgery and paediatric specialty clinics in Ghana besides training its medical and paramedical personnel through exchange programmes.
Clinical lectures and continued medical educational (CME) programmes by specialists from Apollo would also be hosted. For a two-year period, all Apollo Hospitals would be linked through telemedicine with hospitals in Ghana for free super specialty consultations.
The agreement was signed by Victor Asare Bampoe, deputy health minister, government of Ghana, and Hari Prasad, CEO of central region, Apollo Hospitals, today here.
