President Nana Akufo-Addo has lauded Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector for completion and handing over on Friday of the one hundred (100) beds Ghana Infectious Diseases Centre at the Ga East Municipal Hospital.
He extended to the trustees and members of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, the profound gratitude of the nation.
Delivering 14th COVID -19 addresses, Nana Akufo-Addo said this is a world-class facility, which serves as an example of co-operation between the public and private sectors in our country.
He said the project was conceived and executed by a group of private-sector people, with the wholehearted support of the Government and the Ghana Armed Forces.
“In one hundred (100) days, they have provided the first Infectious Diseases center in our country and we are better able to provide hospital treatment for those in need. This project has been a good example of the generous Ghanaian spirit that has been exhibited since the onset of this crisis.”
In April 2020, the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund (GCPSF) in conjunction with the Ministry of Health planned to undertake the construction of a 100-bed infectious disease, isolation, and treatment center at Ga East Municipal Hospital to support the government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the commencement of the project on April 17, 2020, and it was initially scheduled to be completed in 6 weeks. However, due to a change in plans to add additional facilities to enhance the operation of the facility, its completion schedule was extended to 12 weeks.
The facility consists of a level 2.5 biomedical laboratories, a triage unit, waiting areas, nurses’ station, VIP and general wards, a 21-bed intensive care units with various categories within, a pharmacy, a recovery courtyard, a dispensary, access, and exit ramps, access corridors, and ambulatory entrance and exit canopy, a medical gas house, an 800KVA generator house, among others.
The 100-bed hospital was delivered at a cost of about USD 5.5 million-plus in-kind cost of about USD 2 million, making it a total of USD 7.5 million.
The 48 Engineers Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces constructed the facility, with major financing from government agencies such as the Bank of Ghana, GNPC, Ghana Gas, as well as support from private institutions including Ecobank, Fidelity Bank, Tropical Cables, and Conductors, etc.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
