Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commenced a four-day tour of the Ashanti Region from Sunday 16th October, 2022 to Wednesday, 19th October, 2022, where he will commission projects and inspect ongoing ones and confer with traditional leaders of the area.
On the first day of the tour, President Akufo-Addo Commissioned the Asante Akim Hospital in Konongo, which is part of the “Ghana Hospital Project”, initiated by the KufuorGovernment in 2008, and executed by EUROGET De-Invest S.A of Egypt and he indicated that this is the sixth Hospital he has commissioned under the Project.
Under the EUROGET Project, initiated by the NPP under President Kufuor, the Akufo-Addo Government has seen to the completion of the Ahafo Ano North District Hospital in Tepa, and the Asante Akyem Hospital in Konongo.
He said this Hospital has been long awaited in Konongo, and it is good that, today, the demand for a Municipal Hospital of quality has been realized. Residents and surrounding health facilities will now gain access to improved healthcare.
The “Ghana Hospital Project” involves the design, construction and equipping of one (1) Military Hospital, two (2) Regional Hospitals, and six (6) District Hospitals in Ghana, at a project cost of US$339 million. It falls under the broader objective of providing infrastructure for the delivery of effective healthcare to Ghanaians.
Other hospitals being constructed under this contract are the two hundred and fifty (250) bed Ashanti Regional Hospital at Sewuain the Bosomtwe District; the sixty (60) bed Municipal Hospital at Salaga in the East Gonja Municipality; and the five hundred (500) bed Military Hospital, under the Ministry of Defence at Afari, again, here in Ashanti. They are all expected to be commissioned before the end of 2023.
Konongo Hospital
The Konongo Hospital has been constructed at a cost of thirty-five million, eight hundred and sixty-thousand United States dollars (US$35.86 million), and has been designed with several departments including administration; outpatient department (OPD); physiotherapy; pharmacy; radiology; laboratory; surgical suite (operation dep.); laundry; mortuary; medical waste department; general stores; ten (10) staff housing units; and a mini market.
The Hospital has been equipped with modern medical equipment, such as x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, fully equipped operating theatre, medical gases, and patient monitors. It also has a medical waste treatment plant, a power station, a water treatment plant, a central air conditioning system and an anaerobic sewerage treatment plant.
President Akufo-Addo reiterated the commitment of Government to improving access to essential and quality health services through the provision of the necessary health infrastructure, equipment and logistics, including the deployment of appropriate technology, as part of Government’s drive to attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
