President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday commissioned a €14.5 million 60-bed Ultra-Modern Hospital at Weta in the Ketu North District in the Volta Region.
The Hospital is one of the six medical installations that started three years ago.
The other five hospitals are an 80-bed District Hospital at Somanya in the Eastern Region; an 80-bed District Hospital at Buipe, a 60-bed Hospital at Sawla, and a 30-bed Polyclinic at Bamboi, all in the Savannah Region and a 60-bed Hospital at Tolon in the Northern Region.
All the facilities, constructed by Vamed Engineering GmbH of Austria at €80 million, with funding provided by Raiffeisen Bank of Austria, are completed and will be commissioned by the end of end November this year.
The Weta hospital, President Akufo-Addo said, is fitted with an administration department; out-patient and emergency departments; inpatient wards for male, female and paediatrics; obstetrics & gynaecology (maternity and child health); surgery including an intensive care unit; physiotherapy unit; pharmacy.
The rest are diagnostic services including x-ray, laboratory and ultrasound; logistics buildings housing the CSSD, laundry, hospital stores, maintenance workshops and power stations, and medical gas production unit; mortuary; staff facilities including dining areas, changing facilities and housing units for critical staff.
To ensure that the hospital functions without any major obstacle, the full complement of electro-mechanical systems and medical equipment have been provided.
“To address the issues of maintenance and sustainability, the project scope included a two-year post-completion maintenance and training programme. I will entreat the Ghana Health Service to liaise with the Contractor’s maintenance team to maintain effectively the hospital and ensure that, after this period, maintenance works on this hospital are carried out routinely,” he said.
Rex Mainoo Yeboah, ISD
