A Ninety Million (90,000,000) Euro finance agreement has been brokered for the construction of an Ultra Modern Four Hundred (400) bed Regional Hospital to replace the current existing Tema General Hospital.
This has been approved by Parliament scheduled to take off this year, 2020.
The Member of Parliament for Tema Central, Hon. Kofi Brako, who made a strong case for government to take a critical look at the redevelopment of the Tema General Hospital disclosed this in a brief interaction with the media after the agreement was passed by Parliament in March 2020.
The Facility which is part of the Government of Ghana Health Sector Policy to bridge the gap in healthcare infrastructure will also help the country achieve the third Sustainable Development Goal (SGD 3).
Hon. Kofi Brako who could not hide his excitement following the approval of what can best be described as his ‘baby’ said the new Regional Hospital when completed in two years, would provide functional areas such as Cardiology, Ophthalmology, Urology, Gynaecology, Orthopaedic, Dentistry and Dialysis Units.
In addition, he said the public Health Department would comprise of a hundred (100) seater Outdoor Educational Area, Seven (7) Antenatal Consulting Rooms, Six (6) Theaters and an Eight (8) bed ICU as well as Isolation rooms.
The new facility to be constructed by the EDC of Israel would also have an ultramodern Pharmacy Unit, Physiotherapy Unit, a Modern Laboratory with Chemistry, Virology, Pathology, Haematology and Biochemistry rooms.
Other supporting facilities would be an imaging area with MRI, CT scan, X Ray rooms, Ultrasound, Fluoroscopy and a Mammography areas.
Other facilities includes a Thirty Seven (37) Emergency Bed Unit, Two Hundred (200) Body Capacity Mortuary, Sixty Five (65) Bed Maternity and Gynaecology Wards, Eighty seven (87) Surgical and Orthopaedic Wards, Fifty (50) Oncology Department and Thirty Seven (37) Paediatrics Dedival and Surgical ICU.
The entire project according to Hon Kofi Brako was part of a One Hundred and Forty Million (140,000,000) Euro financial agreement between Ghana Government represented by the Ministry of Health and the EDC of Isreal for the construction of the Tema, Nkoranza, Dormaa and the Central Medical Stores and Ancillary Facilities.
“It has been a long journey of intense lobbying as a legislator and representative of the people of Tema Central for this redevelopment of the Tema General Hospital to become a reality and I know the people of Tema would be happy as we prepare to cut sod for this important infrastructure” He opined.
The Tema General Hospital which was built in 1954 to cater for workers who constructed the Tema Harbour, was later handed over to Government for public use.
It is the biggest Healthcare Facility in the Tema Metropolis but currently in a critical dilapidated state.
Source: BestNewsGH.com
