Omanghana
The Ghana Medical Trust Fund has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre to improve access to specialized cancer diagnosis, management and treatment.
The partnership will support eligible Ghanaians living with cancer and other chronic non-communicable diseases who may otherwise struggle to pay for advanced medical care.
Under the agreement, qualified beneficiaries of the Trust Fund will receive subsidized or financially supported access to specialized oncology services at the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre.
These services include radiotherapy and Positron Emission Tomography scans, commonly known as PET scans. The procedures play an important role in detecting cancer, determining how far it has spread, planning treatment and monitoring a patient’s response to therapy.
The initiative forms part of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund’s mandate to provide sustainable financial assistance to people diagnosed with serious non-communicable diseases.
By reducing out-of-pocket expenses, the partnership is expected to protect patients and their families from medical debt while allowing them to concentrate on treatment and recovery.
The collaboration will also establish more direct referral pathways to SGMC’s specialized oncology infrastructure. This could reduce delays experienced by patients seeking advanced care at congested public tertiary hospitals.
Early diagnosis and timely treatment are critical to improving cancer outcomes, making faster access to specialist services an important component of the agreement.
Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Adjoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, said the partnership was centered on dignity and equitable access to healthcare.
She stressed the need to ensure that financial hardship does not prevent Ghanaians diagnosed with cancer from receiving potentially life-saving treatment.
Chief Executive Officer of the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre, Dr. Clement Egyin Edusa, welcomed the collaboration and expressed confidence that combining the center’s modern technology and clinical expertise with financial assistance from the Trust Fund would improve patient outcomes.
The agreement represents another step towards expanding access to advanced cancer services and reducing the financial burden associated with long-term treatment in Ghana.
Additional information about available treatment can be found through the Sweden Ghana Medical Centre’s cancer-care services.
Source: Omanghana
