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In many developing countries, government spending priorities often spark public debate. In Ghana, one important question continues to arise in the healthcare sector: why is access to advanced diagnostic technology, such as PET-CT scanning, still extremely limited despite increasing cancer cases and years of promises to improve healthcare infrastructure? A modern PET-CT scanner — one of the world’s most important cancer diagnostic machines — costs approximately between $1 million and $1.9 million USD when purchased new and fully installed. This amount is equivalent to the cost of roughly 15 to 25 luxury V8 vehicles, depending on the vehicle model and specifications.