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The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, has paid a working visit to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi.

The visit on Wednesday, August 4, 2022, was to inspect the progress of work on the maternity and children blocks of the hospital.

The project was commissioned for reconstruction by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on May 15, 2020.

This was after the 45-year-old maternity and children units’ uncompleted buildings were declared unfit for purpose when they were subjected to a comprehensive risk assessment by some engineering companies.

The buildings were subsequently demolished to make way for the new edifice currently under construction.

Speaking to the media during his visit to the site, Kwaku Agyemang Manu expressed shock over the pace at which the project is being carried out.

According to the Minister, he feared that the government could not complete the project on time and would be severely criticised by the public in the face of the challenges that have bedevilled the country.