The government is set to construct twelve (12) new District Hospitals in the districts without them in the Greater Accra Region, according to President Nana Akufo-Addo.
This forms part of the Government’s Agenda 111, which seeks to build District Hospitals in Districts without hospitals, and beneficiaries in Greater Accra Region are Ablekuma Central, Ablekuma North, Ablekuma West, Accra Metropolitan, Ada West, Adentan, Ashaiman, Ayawaso Central, Ayawaso East, Ayawaso West, Ga Central, Ga South, Korle Klottey, Krowor, La Nkwantanang Madina, Ningo Prampram and Tema West.
The hospitals, the President indicated that it will have a 100-bed capacity, fully equipped, with appropriate accommodation for medical personnel, i.e. doctors and staff.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, said this when he addressed the Greater Accra Regional House of Chiefs, as part of his tour of the Region.
Giving an account of the work undertaken by the Government in the Greater Accra Region throughout his tenure of office, President Akufo-Addo told the House that “847 projects are being executed in the Region, with 423 completed, and the remaining 424 ongoing”.
Out of the 423 completed projects, 87 are in the educational sector, 17 in the health sector, 173 in the roads sector, 74 in the water and sanitation sector, 25 in the industrial sector, and 10 market projects.
Of the 424 ongoing projects, 92 in the educational sector, 18 in the health sector, 54 in the roads sector, 113 in the water and sanitation sector, 20 in the industrial sector, and 19 market projects.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
