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Health News for Sunday, October 25, 2020
Source: presidency.gov.gh
2020-10-25
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the lawn mowing ceremony
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the grass for the construction of a forty (40) bed Municipal Hospital in Kpone, in the Greater Accra region.
According to President Akufo-Addo, the mowing ceremony represents another important milestone in the government’s commitment to ensuring access to health care for all Ghanaians, by improving existing health care facilities and building other new in places where they do not exist in the country.
The President told the meeting that the Government has secured funds for the construction and equipping of twelve (12) hospitals with associated staff accommodation facilities for hospital workers, and Kpone is one of the beneficiary communities.
An amount of seventy-five million five hundred thousand euros (71.5 million euros) has been obtained from Erste Group Bank AG and? Eská Spo? Itelna as, for the construction and equipping of these twelve (12) hospitals. This is covered by an export credit guarantee of eight million six hundred thousand euros (€ 8,612,931.30) from the EGAP of the Czech Republic.
The project will be built by VAMED Engineering GmbH of Austria, a world leader in the construction of sanitary facilities, and the other beneficiary communities are Jumapo, Kwabeng, Nkwatia, Achiase and Adukrom in the Eastern Region; Suame, Drobonso, Sabronum, Manso Nkwanta, Twedie in the Ashanti region; and Mim in the Ahafo region.
These projects, including the Kpone one, are expected to be completed in twenty-four (24) months.
The start of these projects, said President Akufo-Addo, serves as further proof of the government’s commitment to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and Universal Health Coverage for all Ghanaians.
Upon completion, the Kpone Municipal Hospital will have the following offices for staff, the outpatient department and a public health wing, a surgical room consisting of an operating room, a recovery room and a sterilization unit, a delivery unit and a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). laboratory, pharmacy and x-rays, beds for men, women and pediatrics, services block containing the laundry, warehouses and cold room, and accommodation for the staff.
Other components of the project package include the supply and installation of medical equipment, warranty and maintenance for 1 year after completion, and a training component for staff.
The president urged Austrian contactor VAMED Engineering GmbH to work assiduously and ensure this project is delivered on time and on budget, and he expected them to hire indigenous people during the construction period.
“Niimei, I am delighted and honored by your presence here, and I assure you that this project is a sign of greater things to come for Kpone and, indeed, for the entire nation. The government’s commitment to the full development of Ghana is absolute, ”he added.
400-bed Regional Theme Hospital
President Akufo-Addo later in the day cut the grass for the construction of a 400-bed secondary-level hospital to be located in Tema.
Through an ASHRA facility, with an ASHRA insurance premium of twenty million, three hundred and thirty-nine thousand euros (€ 20,339,000), an amount of one hundred and forty million euros (140 million euros) has been obtained for the construction of the Nkoranza. District hospital; 400-bed secondary-level hospital in Tema; Accident and Emergency Department and a ward at Dormaa Hospital; and reconstruction of the Central Medical Warehouses that burned in January 2015.
The construction of this Hospital will be carried out by the Israeli company Engineering Development Construction, a firm familiar with the Ghanaian terrain, which has already built several facilities in the country.
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