The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cassona Global Imaging, Mr John Chigbu has urged the government to accelerate efforts at decentralizing health delivery services across the country to meet the health needs of the populace.

He expressed concern about long travel distances particularly among rural folks to access healthcare, a situation which remains a major setback to Ghana's attainment of universal health coverage (UHC).

"The centralised health services and equipment often at regional and tertiary levels of care is unsustainable and costly and Ghana must adopt ways to improving the current situation," he urged.

Mr Chigbu was addressing a forum by his company to discuss ways to improve Ghana's healthcare system as part of activities to commemorate Ghana's 68th independence anniversary.

He emphasised the critical need for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to drive development in the healthcare system.

"No man is an island. We all must come together to build the healthcare system in Ghana and that is the approach of Cassona to partner government to make healthcare affordable," he stated.

The CEO further called for attention to be paid to the primary level of healthcare, particularly for women and children, for a healthier population.

He underscored the need for infrastructural development, citing transportation networks as a crucial example to ensure sustainable healthcare development.

"The government must build the infrastructural development particularly invest in diagnostic equipment which is essential in healthcare delivery and that is why PPP is the way to go," he noted.

Meanwhile, Mr Chigbu announced that an operational headquarters of the company was currently under construction in Labone, Accra and expected to be completed in June.

The facility would feature a diagnostic center with state-of-the-art equipment, including Computed Tomography (CT), ultrasound, x-ray, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines.