Twifo Praso District Hospital nears completion; President tours facility

The Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Central Region will be ready for use by the close of September this year, engineers at the site have said.

They said that would pave the way for commissioning — the testing of equipment and facilities — before it would be eventually inaugurated in October.

Engineers working on the 60-bed facility, who briefed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo when he visited the project site yesterday, said work was 90 per cent complete, with the remaining 10 per cent composed largely of fittings and the installation of equipment.

The Resident Engineer, Mr Ahmed Ali, and the Equipment Manager, Mr Maged Nour, said they did not expect any hitches to delay the completion schedule.

Tour

The two officials of the project contractor, Euroget De-Invest, took the President round the site as he toured the facility as part of his working visit to the Central Region.

Also present were the chiefs and traditional leaders of Twifo Praso.

The President was accompanied by some ministers of state, including the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, and the Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, as well as some NPP stalwarts, and his presence in the town attracted an impressive crowd to the official assignment.

Inspection

The President inspected the various components of the ongoing project, notably the physical infrastructure, equipment, layout and general environment.

The hospital comes alive at a time when the government has stated a plan to construct similar edifices in 88 other districts and at least eight others in eight regional capitals to expand and extend healthcare delivery across the country.

An aerial view of the hospital

It is the first time that a health facility of that size and standard has reached that corner of Ghana.

It will offer the people a few 'luxuries' in a mini market, laundry services, kitchen services, a dining hall and a housing block for lactating mothers.

All these are part of the standard complementary facilities that include two high-tech power plants to ensure uninterrupted power supply, an ambulance station for emergency services, treatment plants for sewage and medical waste and a water treatment and supply system.

It is one of nine hospital projects awarded to Euroget De-Invest, an Egyptian investment company, to be constructed in different parts of the country.

The company has already delivered the Wa Regional Hospital in the Upper West Region and the Ga East Municipal Hospital in Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region, which has become the foremost facility for the treatment and management of Ghana's COVID-19 cases.

The Twifo Praso District Hospital will become the third to be delivered by the contractor.