MTN Ghana has intensified its support for healthcare delivery in the country through the refurbishment of hospital beds and furniture at Maamobi General Hospital as part of its annual 21 Days of Y’ello Care initiative, while partnering with DOSH Health Insurance to support patients unable to pay their medical bills.
Speaking at Maamobi General Hospital, MTN Ghana Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Blewett, described the 21 Days of Y’ello Care programme as one of the company’s most important annual initiatives, bringing together staff members to volunteer their time and skills in support of communities across the country.
According to him, the programme, which runs throughout June, goes beyond financial donations by encouraging employees to actively participate in projects that directly impact people’s lives.
“MTN has every year one of our highlights of the year, which is the 21 Days of Y’ello Care, and that’s a very key time for us. We start on the first of June and all our staff participate in giving back to the people of Ghana. It’s not just about money as MTN; it’s about being physically involved,” he said.
Mr. Blewett explained that volunteers are refurbishing hospital beds and furniture to improve conditions in healthcare facilities nationwide. He revealed that 1,700 hospital beds have already been refurbished and made ready for use, with a target of restoring 3,000 beds.
“You see behind me and myself today as well, we are refurbishing beds. We’ve done 1,700 beds that have been refurbished, ready for hospitals, including furniture and other fittings in hospital wings, wooden furniture and reupholstering works. People are laughing because it’s a fun event and people enjoy giving,” he stated.
“We are still going to do 3,000 beds that are going to be completely refurbished, hospital beds resprayed, all the mechanics fixed and put back into hospitals so that people recuperating from surgery or whatever illness they may have can have a quality bed to be in. That’s what we’re doing today, and not just the beds, but the furniture as well.”
The MTN Ghana CEO also highlighted the company’s partnership with DOSH Health Insurance, describing it as an important intervention to support vulnerable patients.
“We’ve also partnered with DOSH and they are helping and assisting people who don’t have the funds to pay and leave the hospital by paying those funds for them and allowing them to leave, which is a great initiative from them. This is really a very big part for us in giving back to the people of Ghana,” he said.
Mr. Blewett used the occasion to call on other corporate institutions to support Ghana’s healthcare sector, arguing that collective action could significantly improve healthcare infrastructure and services.
“As responsible citizens of our country, each big corporate should go out and do this. I would call them out and say, ‘Hey, what can you do?’ Because if every major corporate in Ghana did this, imagine what our healthcare system would look like as we continue to contribute to it.”
He noted that supporting healthcare facilities is particularly important because they serve vulnerable people and often struggle with maintenance demands beyond their core responsibility of providing medical care.
“When you get into healthcare, you’re giving to vulnerable people. Hospitals primarily function to provide healthcare, so other things are often difficult for them to manage. We are supporting some of that maintenance because when you try to catch up on such a large maintenance gap, it becomes difficult.”
“To your point, if all of us as corporates got involved and got things up to standard, it would be easier to maintain.
But when you ask a hospital whose primary job is to help and heal people to also do all the maintenance, it becomes quite difficult. If you’re doing continuous maintenance, it’s easier, so we need to help them get there so that continuous maintenance can be carried on.” Looking ahead, Mr. Blewett said MTN’s support for healthcare would increasingly focus on technology-driven solutions.
“It’s being done across the country, not just in Accra, and for us as MTN, culture is really front and centre. Beyond physical health, we are also looking at how we bring digital health and how we bring AI into healthcare. These are the areas that we will be focusing on.”
The Head of Sales and Marketing at DOSH Health Insurance, Belinda Amoo, said the company joined the initiative because of its commitment to improving healthcare access for Ghanaians.
“We decided to partner with MTN on its 21 Days of Y’ello Care initiative because they called on us and we are already in the health space, providing medical insurance for Ghanaians,” she said.
Ms. Amoo disclosed that DOSH has committed GH¢1 million towards supporting patients at several health facilities across the country.
“We decided to provide a cover of GH¢1 million for all the facilities that they will be going to. Currently, we are at Maamobi General Hospital and we have about eight other facilities that will be visited.”
She explained that the support package is intended for patients who have been discharged but are unable to settle their medical bills.
“This GH¢1 million is going to pay the medical bills of people who are on admission and have been discharged but are unable to pay. It is also going to give them cover for subsequent visits and treatments. So it is an annual benefit; it’s not just a one-time payment of medical bills. It gives them health cover for the whole year, which they can use upon subsequent visits.”
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According to her, about 100 beneficiaries nationwide are expected to benefit from the intervention, with the total insurance cover amounting to GH¢1 million.
The nationwide campaign, running from June 1 to June 21, 2026, is being implemented under the theme, “Expanding Equitable Health for Every Community.”
This year’s initiative forms part of MTN Ghana’s 30th anniversary celebrations and underscores the company’s commitment to creating shared value through community-focused interventions.
The 21 Days of Y’ello Care initiative remains MTN’s flagship employee volunteerism programme, encouraging staff members to contribute directly to social development projects across Ghana.
Source: Isaac Kofi Dzokpo
