The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, has opened its medical oxygen production plant to external customers, including healthcare facilities and individuals in need of medical oxygen. The hospital’s Head of Public Relations, Juliana Haruna, told Citi News that the initiative was introduced to strengthen healthcare delivery by ensuring a consistent and reliable supply of medical oxygen.
She explained that the facility produces oxygen for both internal use and commercial distribution as part of management’s efforts to improve healthcare services and make oxygen readily available to other health facilities and eligible consumers. According to Ms Haruna, the hospital began selling medical oxygen commercially around February 2026, having previously focused mainly on meeting the needs of its inpatients.
During a demonstration, the head of the hospital’s operations team explained how the plant processes atmospheric air before supplying oxygen to the hospital’s wards through a pipeline network. He said the process begins with an air compressor, which compresses air into a tank known as the air separator. The air then passes through a series of filters designed to remove moisture and other particles.
He added that the system includes several filtration stages, including an air filter and a final bacterial filter, before the processed oxygen is distributed through pipelines connected to the hospital wards. Patients receive the oxygen through designated connection points.
The operations team head further explained that pressure readings were closely monitored to ensure the oxygen supply remained within the required operating range.
He noted that the pressure measurement was checked before oxygen was released into the distribution system, stressing that any drop required attention. According to him, the optimum reading was 74, equivalent to five bars, while the system was recording 4.5 bars at the time of the demonstration, which he described as being within the acceptable range.
Ms Haruna disclosed that some healthcare facilities, including Obeyeyie Medical Centre and Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital, had already benefited from the plant’s oxygen supply. She urged hospitals, other healthcare providers and individuals requiring medical oxygen to contact Ridge Hospital to access its commercial supply services.
Ms Haruna said the hospital was intensifying efforts to raise public awareness about its oxygen production capacity following the introduction of commercial sales earlier in 2026. She added that several health facilities had already approached the hospital to purchase oxygen and encouraged other prospective customers to take advantage of the service.
