The Board of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital(KATH) has rejected allegations by some senior staff members of the hospital that it is mismanaging the hospital’s internally generated funds.
The Senior Staff in a petition to the President Mahama accused the board and management of the hospital of among other things spending more than one million Ghana Cedis on luxury vehicles.
But speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, the Board Chairman of the Hospital, Mr. Edward Anane debunked the assertions, stating that the current Board was only following actions taken by the previous Board of the Hospital.
“The Board took a decision to give directors and deputy directors cars. Before this decision was taken, the previous Board had given directors cars, the institution paying 60 percent of them and the individuals paying 40 percent of that.”
He further noted that the cars served as an entitlement and appraisal to those who had had served the hospital well during their term of office.
“They are mandated for four years to use the car and we added that after four years, if they did their work well, they will be apparised every year and if after four years ,they don’t want to be in that position again, the car becomes part of their entitlement in the going,” Mr. Anane explained.
The senior staff also claimed that the problem had led to poor infrastructural developments at the hospital.
The board however said the allegations are untrue, daring the senior staff to substantiate their claims.
In Mr. Anane’s opinion, the Board has conducted itself appropriately. “We have conducted the Board in the way that governs the Board, we have not done anything that the Board is not allowed to do.”
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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