C&J Medicare Hospital and Diagnostic centre opens at Lashibi

Accra, Oct. 31, GNA – Management of C&J Medicare Hospital Group on Wednesday cut the sod for a multi-million dollar hospital and diagnostic centre at Lashibi in Accra.

The group now operates a total of eight healthcare facilities including five in-plant clinics, two hospitals and currently a walk-in clinic at Takoradi in the Western Region.

Dr Joyce Aryee, Executive Director, Salt and Light Ministries, who launched the facility, said the opening of the centre was an indication that government was providing an enabling environment for businesses to strive.

She said the private healthcare centres were important in providing support to government hospitals in delivery quality healthcare to the citizenry.

She commended the management for their foresight to expand healthcare service to the residents of Lashibi and its environs.

Dr Joyce Djabatey, Chief Executive Officer of C&J Medicare Hospital Group, said the goal of the group was to make quality healthcare easily accessible and cost effective for the ordinary Ghanaian.

She said it was in line with this goal that management has partnered with the African Health Fund.

She said the facility was the second developed as part of a long term facility strategy to establish a national network of healthcare facilities in Ghana.

Dr Djabatey said a response to the changing trends and needs, necessitated the expansion which brought on board specialists and highly skilled individuals to strengthen management to deliver quality healthcare.

“In addition to the general consultation, we have 20 specialist clinics including wellMen Clinic, wellWomen Clinic, Breast Clinic and WellChild Clinic as a further drive to our preventive healthcare service,” she added.

She called on Ghanaians to take advantage of the collection of quality equipment and diagnostic services available at the facility to improve their health.

GNA