Formerly known as The Ridge Hospital, it will soon become the Greater Accra regional hospital, after President John Mahama changed the name and commenced the expansion project.
According to The project is expected to be completed in 2016, and is being financed with a Government of Ghana mixed credit facility of US$250 million from Exim Bank and the HSBC Bank.
According to NewsGhana, installation of medical equipment will begin in May 2016 and be completed in November, with testing and training to be completed by March 2017.
All the civil works on the project will be completed by October, 2016. Currently, 65 per cent of the first phase of the project has been accomplished.
Project outlay
The first phase of the project would be the completion of a 420-bed facility, a logistic building, a 42 accommodation facility for staff, a school of anaesthesia, a new mortuary and a new road network.
The second phase will make the total project a 620-bed facility, with an additional 42 staff housing units.
When the entire project is completed, the hospital will offer services such as surgery, radiology, pharmacy, maternal and paediatric care and accident emergency.
The rest will be ear, nose and throat, ophthalmology, dermatology, physiotherapy, dentistry, urology, cardiology, laboratory, anaesthesia and teaching.
Other components of the project include an administration and support services comprising catering, stores, transport, laundry, maintenance, medical gas systems and a sewerage treatment plant.
Hopefully, other African countries like Nigeria can learn from this too...
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