10/12/2025
KGL Eve Medical Centre Commissioned at KNUST: A New Era for Mental, Women’s, and General Healthcare in Ghana
This report is brought to the public courtesy of Pharmacists in Mental Health Ghana (PMHGh), an organisation dedicated to advancing mental health awareness, pharmaceutical care, and wellness across Ghana
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has become home to a transformative addition to Ghana’s healthcare landscape with the commissioning of the KGL Eve Medical Centre at the KNUST Medical Village in Boadi, Kumasi. The state-of-the-art facility, inaugurated on 9th December 2025, represents a major step forward in mental-health and women-centred healthcare delivery in the Ashanti Region and across Ghana.
The ultramodern centre was officially opened by Ghana’s Vice-President, H.E. Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, together with Lady Julia Osei Tutu, patron of the Eve Medical Foundation. The project is fully funded by the KGL Foundation, reaffirming the organisation’s commitment to advancing accessible, inclusive, and holistic healthcare services for Ghanaians.
A Purpose-Built Centre for Holistic Care
The KGL Eve Medical Centre is designed to provide a wide spectrum of services, integrating mental-health support, general medical care, diagnostics, wellness therapy, and pharmacy services under one roof. The facility includes:
• Psychiatric consultation rooms
• Therapy and counselling suites
• In-patient wards
• Diagnostic and laboratory units
• Rehabilitation and wellness spaces
• A fully stocked pharmacy
• Administrative and clinical offices
By focusing on areas often underserved, especially mental-health and women’s health, the centre aims to close critical gaps within Ghana’s healthcare system.
Supporting Women, Children, and the Broader Community
A core vision of the project is to improve health access for women and children, who frequently face challenges in obtaining timely mental-health and specialized medical support. The centre will serve:
• The entire KNUST community (students, staff, and dependents)
• Residents of Boadi and surrounding areas
• The wider Ashanti Region
• Patients from across Ghana seeking specialised mental-health or women’s health services
The establishment of such a facility aligns with continental efforts to strengthen mental-health systems in Africa, where stigma, underfunding, and limited infrastructure have historically hindered community well-being. Ghana, like many African states, is gradually transitioning toward more comprehensive mental-health support, and the KGL Eve Medical Centre is a significant milestone along that path.
Addressing a National and Continental Healthcare Gap
Mental-health challenges such as depression, anxiety, stress, and trauma have become increasingly pressing concerns in modern African societies, especially among youth and women. Yet these conditions often go untreated due to:
• Stigma
• Limited number of psychiatric facilities
• Scarcity of trained professionals
• Financial barriers
• Cultural misconceptions
Facilities like the KGL Eve Medical Centre provide an essential pivot toward community-friendly, stigma-free, and integrated mental-health care in Ghana. By combining general healthcare with mental-health services, the centre encourages patients to seek help without feeling isolated or labelled.
A Vision Aligned with Ghana’s National Development Goals
The successful commissioning of the centre also advances Ghana’s broader development agenda, which prioritizes:
• Improved mental-health infrastructure
• Expansion of quality healthcare facilities
• Wellness promotion for students, workers, and families
• Reduction of health inequalities across regions
• Support for women’s and children’s healthcare
Furthermore, its presence on the KNUST landscape enhances opportunities for clinical training, interdisciplinary research, and health innovation, strengthening the university’s role as a leading centre of knowledge production in Africa.
