President Akufo-Addo has said the government will this year, begin constructing eighty-eight (88) hospitals in the districts without hospitals and Eastern Region will benefit from eight of these projects.
It will mean ten (10) in Ashanti, nine (9) in Volta, nine (9) in Central, seven (7) in Greater Accra, seven (7) in Upper East, five (5) in Northern, five (5) in Oti, five (5) in Upper West, five (5) in Bono, four (4) in Western North, four (4) in Western, three (3) in Ahafo, three (3) in Savannah, two (2) in Bono East, and two (2) in North East Regions.
According to Nana Akufo-Addo, Each of them will be a quality, standard-design, one hundred bed hospitals, with accommodation for doctors, nurses and other health workers, and the intention is to complete them within a year.
The President made this known during his eighth update on measures to control the Coronavirus in the country.
He added, “We have also put in place plans for the construction of six (6) new regional hospitals in the six (6) new regions, and the rehabilitation of the Effia Nkwanta Hospital in Sekondi, which is the regional hospital of the Western Region.”
The president noted that “The virus has also revealed the unequal distribution of healthcare facilities, as we have tended to focus our infrastructure on Accra and one or two of our other big cities. But, as we have seen, epidemics and pandemics, when they emerge, can spread to any part of our country.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
