U.S. Ambassador Virginia E. Palmer has delivered to the Ghana Armed Forces a 60-bed mobile field hospital for critical casualty care donated by the United States.
Valued at over GhC78 million or $5 million U.S. dollars, the mobile field hospital includes an intensive care unit, two surgical operating rooms, x-ray, laboratory, morgue, emergency room, and two generator sets.
The field hospital can be transported and assembled even in remote locations and houses up to 60 patients for full medical and operational needs in any condition. These state-of-the-art, fully equipped, portable medical facilities can be rapidly deployed to the scene of a disaster or where residents do not have access to routine health care.
Speaking during the ceremony near Tamale, Ghana, Ambassador Palmer remarked, “This handover is further evidence of the close U.S.-Ghana security partnership, which ensures the Ghana Armed Forces have the full panoply of skills and equipment not just for defending the borders but also for critical military and civilian casualty care.”
“We are implementing programs in Ghana that will support local communities as they seek to provide economic opportunities to vulnerable populations, strengthen our military-to-military relationship, and bolster the capacity of the Ghanaian security services to ensure that Ghana remains resilient in the face of an increasing threat from violent extremist organizations,” Ambassador Palmer added.
This mobile hospital combines humanitarian with military assistance, providing essential services and protection to Ghana’s civilian population, as well as the Ghana Armed Forces.
In 2021 and 2022, the United States supplied Ghana with a 30-bed field hospital equipped with negative pressure isolation facilities and a five-bed ICU/supply facility and a U.N. Level 1 urgent care facility valued at over GhC28 million or $1.8 million U.S. dollars.
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