Medical tourism is emerging market for Ghana

The Managing Director of Holy Trinity Hospital in Accra, and SPA in Sogakofe in the Volta region, Dr. Felix Anyaa has called on the government to consider health tourism as one of the emerging tourism products on the global market, especially in the developing world.

He said though marketing of traditional tourist products in the country is not a bad idea, attention must also be given to the health sector to rake in more foreign exchange for the country.

He was speaking in an interview with The Chronicle during the recent Ghana Club 100 awards night, which saw his hospital been voted as the best health facility in the country. The awards night, dubbed "Celebrating Ghana's Business Leaders", is a platform designed by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) to identify and award Ghana's best 100 companies based on a world class criteria.

The 2009 award is aimed at rankings which are based on the company size, growth and profitability for the past year. The health facility was ranked 34th, which is the number one in the health category.

Dr. Ayaaa said whilst it cost $100,000 in the UK and other developed countries for one to have cardio surgery, it cost just $10,000 in Ghana to have the same surgery

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