Kintampo College Of Health To Be Upgraded Into University-Minister 

Honorable. Kwasi Adu-Gyan, Bono East Regional Minister has reaffirmed that the Kintampo College of Health and Well-Being will soon be upgraded to a University.

 This will be the first Public University in the Bono East region with the proposed name; “University of Health, Engineering, and Allied Sciences”.
According to the Bono East Regional Minister, documentations are far advanced pending Cabinet approval and Parliamentary Act to make it a reality.

According to the Honorable. Regional Minister, the College established in 1969 as a Rural Health and School of Hygiene has grown enough in terms of infrastructure and faculty and with the existence and assistance of the Bono East Regional Health Directorate Headquarters at Kintampo as well as the Kintampo Health Research Center.
”This makes it more than qualified to be transformed into a University”, he stressed.

Honorable. Adu-Gyan made this disclosure yesterday at a durbar of Chiefs, MDCEs, and Authorities at the Kintampo College of Health and Well-Being campus on the second day of the tour of the Indian High Commissioner to Ghana His Excellency Sugandh Rajaram where he visited the Kintampo Water Falls and Fuller Falls and later made a whistle-stop at Jema the Kintampo South District capital before ending at Kingdom Exim Group of Companies in Techiman.

In his address, H.E. Sugandh Rajaram the Indian High Commissioner who had toured all the facilities at the College and also donated Library books to the School supported the decision to establish the University and pledged the Government of India’s support after its elevation. This he is hopeful will make Kintampo one of the Health Hubs of Africa just like India can boast of being one of the giants in Health delivery in the World.

Speaking later on in an interview with the Media, Dr. Kwabena Opoku-Adusei Chairman/Director of the Kintampo College of Health could not hide his joy about the developments saying is a dream which is about to actualize.

He further pleaded with Government to expand their I.T. Infrastructure, Lecture Halls, Hostel Accommodation among others to make the University the biggest Health Training Institution in Ghana. 
Meanwhile, the tour continues today at Nkoranza and will end tomorrow Thursday at Atebubu Amantin and back to Techiman.