Ghana's leading financial and insurance services Company, Enterprise Group PLC, has commissioned a brand-new Reproductive Child Health and Family Planning Unit at the Sunyani Municipal Hospital in the Bono Region.

The commissioning ceremony, held at the Sunyani Municipal Hospital, brought together traditional leaders, health officials, community members and Enterprise Group representatives for what many described as a landmark moment in the Bono Region's healthcare journey.

Speaking at the commissioning on behalf of the Group's Board of Directors and Executive Management, Mr. Michael Tyson, Enterprise Group CFO, noted that far too many mothers across the country continue to face harrowing experiences in maternity facilities overwhelmed by overcrowded wards, ageing infrastructure and overstretched health workers.

Explaining why Enterprise Group chose Sunyani, Mr. Tyson said the impact should not be limited to where a company is most visible, but should reach where the need is real and the opportunity to make a difference is meaningful. “We chose Sunyani very deliberately. While our presence here may not yet be as extensive as in other regions, we believe that impact should not be limited to where we are most visible. It should extend to where the need is real and the opportunity to make a difference is meaningful,” he said.

The GHS2.4 million project involved the complete demolition and rebuilding of the original maternity structure, which Mr. Tyson noted had served its purpose but was no longer fit for modern healthcare delivery. The newly constructed block has been expanded and upgraded to include washrooms, a waiting area, a child bath and a cold room, facilities designed to support both patients and the healthcare professionals who serve them.

As a Group offering life insurance, pensions, health insurance, general insurance and real estate solutions, Mr. Tyson said Enterprise Group exists to protect families and prepare them for life’s uncertainties. “Every mother deserves to give birth in safety and dignity. Every child deserves the best possible start to life. Our rallying call is ‘Enterprise, Your Advantage.’ Today, that advantage is reflected in this facility.”

Dr. Richard Adinkra-Kyeremeh, Municipal Director of Health Services at the Sunyani Municipal Hospital, spoke with visible emotion about what the new facility means for healthcare delivery in the municipality. He praised Enterprise Group for heeding the call of a hospital that had long grappled with infrastructure constraints that undermined the quality of care available to expectant mothers.

“This facility is more than new walls and a roof. It is a renewed promise to the women of this community that their lives matter, that their safety in childbirth matters, and that institutions are willing to put resources behind that promise. We are deeply grateful to Enterprise Group for choosing Sunyani and for building something that will outlast all of us in this room,” he said.

The Omanhene of the Sunyani Traditional Council, Odeefour Ogyeamansan Boahen Korkor II, lent the full weight of traditional authority to the occasion, offering his blessing and the gratitude of the people of Sunyani to Enterprise Group. The Omanhene noted that in Ghanaian tradition, a community’s greatest treasure is its women and any investment in their wellbeing is an investment in the soul of the land itself. He called on the people of Sunyani to treat the new facility with the same pride and care they would any community asset held in sacred trust.

“Enterprise Group has done what true partners do, they came not with empty words but with action. Our mothers will now bring forth life in a place worthy of them. The Sunyani Traditional Council blesses this and calls on our community to guard it as they would the land of their ancestors,” declared Odeefour Ogyeamansan Boahen Korkor II.

The commissioning of the Reproductive, Child Health and Family Planning Unit at Sunyani Municipal Hospital forms part of Enterprise Group’s broader Corporate Social Investment strategy, which focuses on healthcare as a priority area for community development across Ghana.