500-bed helipad hospital ready in October
A 500-bed military hospital with a helipad to carry out medical evacuation will be ready for use in October this year.
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Work on the military hospital, which is sited at Afariland in the Ashanti Region, has reached an advanced stage.
It is expected to offer high quality and specialised medical care to the people in Ashanti Region and others from the northern sector as well those who will be seeking tertiary medical care.
Known as the 500-bed Afari Military Hospital, the facility will ease the pressure and burden on the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
The Afari Military Hospital is being built under a turnkey agreement between the government of Ghana and Euroget De-Invest, contractors of the project.
Tour of the Afari Hospital
The Resident Engineer of Euroget De-Invest, Mr Islam Sharawy, who conducted the media round the facility, said work on the project started in September 2014.
He said structural work on the facility was about 95 per cent complete, adding that put together, the entire work was about 70 per cent complete.
Journalists saw workers busy at the site where some structures were being roofed. Work on the helipad had also almost taken shape.
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The other facilities inspected were the administration block, out-patients and pharmacy departments which include a central pharmacy and an Aophthalmology operating room.
The units under the department include an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT), general surgery, chest clinic, orthopaedic clinic and dermatology clinic.
The resident engineer also took the media round the obstetric and gynaecology building, which include a delivery suite, maternity and child clinic, emergency and casualty block, as well as the radiology department, central laboratory, operations room and the burns unit.
Mr Sharawy also took the media round some special facilities such as the mothers’ housing where mothers whose children would be on admission would have decent and secured accommodation while their sick children are given specialised care at the wards.
Other areas included the officers mess, shops, medical services buildings, power station, services, staff dining building and mortuary, as well as the recyclying plant.
The engineer explained that the recycling plant would ensure that liquid waste, especially used water was treated and put to good use.
He said the waste would be turned into clean water to care for the greening of the area and other uses while the base from other solid waste would also be used as gas to power stoves in the kitchen.
Turnkey project
The Administrative Manager of Euroget De-Invest, Mr Baba Anaba said apart from the magnificent structures that were at their completion stages, the company would fit the hospital with cutting edge technology hospital equipment.
He explained that the company would provide medical equipment and furniture for the project before it is handed over in October.
Mr Anaba was not enthused about rumours making rounds in media circles that the project had stalled and urged media practitioners to also endeavour to find out at first hand the situation of such projects to be able to provide the public with accurate information.
Once the project was ready, he said Ghanaians would be very proud of a health facility which would be a national asset.
Nine hospital projects
In all, the administrator said Euroget was constructing nine hospitals across the country under the same arrangement.
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He said the other hospitals were at Sawua, Konongo, Tepa, Nsawkaw, Salaga, Wa, Twifo-Praso and Madina.
Email: kate.hudson@graphic.com.gh