The Minister of Health Kwaku Agyeman Manu has disclosed that the reason why the reconstruction of the La General Hospital has delayed is due to the request by contractors to have additional work done on the land.
Appearing on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the Minister said the contractor requested more time to do extra work on the land before work begins.
He was responding to questions on why the project has delayed.
”After the sod-cutting, they decided to do some extra work on the place and they still decided that we need to do some more extra work. This is not the only site where we are seeing this, I can refer to Komfo Anokye Hospital,” he said.
He further disclosed that the company working on the project has requested insurance cover.
”The little problem we have at the ministry is that no until some issues with insurance cover is done, they cannot move to site. Finance Ministry has been informed and they are engaging that the problem would soon be revealed.
Since the [Health] Ministry does not control that activity it would be difficult for me to tell when that project would be done but all OI can say is that it would be done soon,” he added.
The redevelopment project is being financed by a credit facility from Standard Chartered Bank of the United Kingdom, with an export credit guarantee from Sinosure of the People’s Republic of China, to the tune of sixty-eight million euros (€68 million), with an insurance cover of three million, eight hundred and sixty thousand euros (€3,860,349.18).
The project will be undertaken by the Chinese company, Poly Changda, which has wide-ranging experience in China and other parts of Africa in the construction of healthcare facilities.
Upon completion, it will be transformed into a one hundred and sixty (160) bed facility, and it will be fitted with an outpatient department; inpatient wards; maternity and neonatal services; surgical unit with four (4) theatres; accident and emergency department; public health department; pharmacy unit; laboratory; administration; imaging area, with CT Scan, X-ray room, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, mammography units; physiotherapy unit; and a mortuary.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com
