The Foundation said, in a statement issued to the Ghana News Agency, that it was dissatisfied with the state of maternal health in Ghana, especially at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

It said keeping to its core values of promoting education, entrepreneurship and health, had supported the "Next to Die" documentary; a gripping, heartbreaking story of how children died every day at the hospital.

The Joy News Special Assignment aired on the Super Morning Show and Joy News TV on Tuesday, revealed the untold-story of the difficulties doctors and nurses went through and the pain and heartache families endured each day due to the abandonment of a maternity block started 43-years ago to help in the safe delivery of pregnant women.

“While it believes government has a bigger responsibility towards an improved maternal health, McOttley Empowerment Foundation is also touched by the growing demands and necessities at the country's hospitals.

“It has, therefore, decided to support the campaign by the Joy News team to find a lasting solution to the daily reports of baby deaths at the Komfo Anokye Hospital,” the statement said.The Special Assignment team at Joy News confirmed that at least four babies were reported dead each day at the facility; a report that was alarming and unacceptable.

The statement quoted Mr Richard Dugan, the Group President of McOttley Holdings, as saying: “We are happy to fund such reports on health which unveil the real issues in our society and calls for more action on the part of government, non-governmental organisations and corporate Ghana.”

He said the main objective of the foundation was to support social impact projects that had direct benefits for individuals and communities.  “We will continue to support organisations such as the media who seek to work objectively and are determined to be the mouthpiece of the vulnerable in Ghana," he said.