AngloGold Ashanti’s Iduapriem Mine handed over a $1.1 million Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to Tarkwa Municipal Hospital on July 30, giving the facility 60 beds for critically ill and premature newborns from across the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality.
Before the handover, hospital staff treated an average of 80 critically ill and premature babies a month in a single overcrowded makeshift room, according to Daniel Boadi, managing director of AngloGold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine. “The clinical expertise was present, but the infrastructure was missing,” Boadi said at the commissioning, held under the theme “Strengthening Newborn Care Through Sustainable Partnerships.”
The new unit includes newborn and premature care wards, a NICU clinic, Kangaroo Mother Care wards, a mother’s lodge, milk expression facilities, an in-house pharmacy and infection prevention systems.
Boadi said the NICU is part of a broader healthcare investment by the mine in its host communities. That work includes refurbishing the 20-bed Communicable Diseases Unit at Apinto Hospital, building community health centers and staff housing in Teberebie, Adieyie, Samahu and Wangarakrom, donating health monitoring vehicles, expanding a malaria control program across the Tarkwa and Dompim sub-districts, and running cervical and breast cancer screening programs. The mine also plans to refurbish the Intensive Care Unit at Takoradi Hospital before the end of the year, Boadi said.
The mine’s community health programs have won several industry awards in recent years, including Mining Company of the Year at the Ghana Mining Industry Awards in 2024 and 2025, Best CSR Company at the Ghana Club 100 Awards, and a special recognition at the Ghana Health Service Excellence Awards.
Boadi asked hospital management and the surrounding community to protect the new facility so it continues serving newborns and families in the years ahead.
