Newspapers in Ghana report on new eye center

Photo courtesy of Modern Ghana.

Newspapers in Ghana reported that the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Himalayan Cataract Project will construct a $1 million eye center at KATH in Kumasi, Ghana.

Job C. Heintz, CEO of the Himalayan Cataract Project, was pictured in this article in the publication Modern Ghana.

Chief Executive of KATH Prof. Ohene Adjei said the facility will serve as a center of excellence for the training of ophthalmic doctors and professionals in the West African Sub-Region. He said the hospital's current eye clinic is faced with serious problems of congestion.

“The new Eye Centre of Excellence, when completed in a year's time will provide the needed facilities and space for the hospital to provide world class training and services to our ophthalmic professionals and patients respectively,” Adjei told reporters.