Work on Ridge Hospital complex progresses
Construction works on the Ridge Hospital Complex in Accra is progressing steadily.
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About 95 per cent of all earth works and 25 per cent of the concrete works of the foundation have been completed.
This will make way for the mounting of slabs to signal the beginning of the main structure.
The contractors of the project, Bouygues Batiment International, has pledged to complete the project ahead of schedule.
The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, paid a working visit to see progress of work on the project.
24 hour work schedule
A Director of the French constructing company, Mr Fernando Marques, told the minister that the foundation was almost complete and that the workers had been working 24 hours daily to complete the project ahead of schedule.
He said the first phase of the 400-bedroom block was expected to be completed in instead of 24 months to help ease the present congestion at the hospital.
Nii Afotey Agbo commended the contractors for their efforts to complete ahead of schedule and said it would help ease pressure on the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and other major hospitals in Accra.
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Dr Emmanuel Obeng Apori, the Administrator of the Ridge Hospital, said the hospital was constructed 85 years ago with the capacity for 200 patients, but presently it caters for over 800 patients.
He explained that after the construction of the new complex, estimated at $250 million, the old structure would be demolished for the space to be used as a car park.
He said the new project which started on March 18, 2014 has 620-bedrooms, 12 operating theatres, accommodation for young doctors and other facilities.
He thanked the minister for the visit and expressed the hope that other dignitaries would visit the project site to see progress of work.