{
  "id": 19722105,
  "title": "2027 Budget: Korle-Bu mother and child centre, new hospitals and GH¢200m for ambulances",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/2027-budget-korle-bu-mother-and-child-centre-new-hospitals-and-gh",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T22:55:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "3News",
    "slug": "3news",
    "url": "https://3news.com/news/health/2027-budget-korle-bu-mother-child-centre-agenda-111-ambulances"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 2027 Budget in Ghana allocates GH¢40.3 billion to health, with a focus on expanding facilities and improving ambulance services. The government plans to build a new mother and child centre at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, alongside six regional hospitals and two new heart centres. Additionally, GH¢200 million has been set aside for ambulances, following President Mahama's directive to address the \"no-bed syndrome\" and introduce 100 new ambulances. The budget also allocates funds for the Mental Health Fund, psychiatric hospitals, childhood and maternal vaccines, and an Obstetrics Emergencies and Maternal and Child Health Project.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}