The Church of Pentecost has officially commissioned a 36-bed ultramodern hospital in the Bolgatanga municipality of the Upper East Region of Ghana. This facility aims to enhance the delivery of quality healthcare in the area.
During an address to the people of Bolgatanga on June 18, 2025, Apostle Eric Nyameke highlighted key features of the Pentecost Hospital, which is equipped with advanced medical technologies tailored to meet the healthcare needs of the Upper East Region and the northern regions of Ghana. The hospital includes:,-a fully equipped Outpatient Department (OPD) with an emergency unit- Separate male and female wards for patient care- a maternity ward for healthcare delivery, a dispensary for medication management, a surgical theatre, a laboratory for diagnostics, a public health unit dedicated to health education and prevention
Doctor’s offices, treatment and injection rooms, staff washrooms, and changing rooms, a service power room
Apostle Nyameke emphasized that the hospital’s vision is to harness social ministry for societal transformation, aiming to collaborate with the government and other stakeholders to foster socio-economic development in the nation.
The initiative to construct this hospital was inspired by a tragic event in 2018, when Pastor John Ofori of the Wiaga District, along with his family and newly posted Minister Pastor Godwin Kpobi, suffered a serious car accident near Bolgatanga. The urgency to seek healthcare led to their transfer from Bolgatanga Hospital to Tamale Teaching Hospital and later to Duayaw Nkwanta Catholic Hospital, a journey that took an exhausting sixteen hours. This experience, coupled with the growing population and limited health facilities, underscored the need for a local hospital.
Apostle Nyameke remarked, “The struggles we faced to get our pastor the care he needed propelled the urgency to construct this hospital for the people of the Upper East Region.”
The Church of Pentecost operates an impressive network of 12 healthcare facilities, including four hospitals and eight clinics, serving over 234,516 outpatients annually. With a dedicated staff of 1,199, these facilities provide essential healthcare services to the community.
In addition, Apostle Nyameke noted that five more health facilities, including a specialist hospital in Accra, are currently under construction. In 2024 alone, the Church contributed GH₵ 10,729,795.98 toward healthcare support for its members.
Beyond healthcare, the Church is making significant investments in education, water and sanitation, agriculture, skills training, and security enhancement projects.
In the education sector, the Church operates 109 educational institutions, including 104 basic schools, four senior high schools, and one university, spending GH₵ 17,186,903.75 in 2024 to support the educational pursuits of its members.
Regarding water and sanitation, the Church has installed 239 mechanized boreholes in underserved communities and institutions over the past five years (2019–2024), benefiting over 110,000 individuals.
Source:mywordfmonline.com/Gaspard Ayuureneeya Adongo
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