The contractors on the construction of the Maternity and Children’s block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) are expected to return to site by February next year Ashanti regional minister Simon Osei Mensah has disclosed at a Town Hall meeting in Kumasi.
The foreign construction company, Contracta, stopped working due to the government’s debt restructuring programme leading to termination of workers locally engaged by the film to go home with all compensation due each worker paid.
The first phase of the construction of the Maternity and Children’s Block at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital was scheduled for completion in May 2024.
Work on the 507-bed capacity project is costing the government of Ghana some 155 million euros started in February 2021, following the demolition of a 45-year-old building which failed the structural integrity test.
Arrangement by the Paris Club for renegotiation of loan facilities stalled disbursement of funds for construction to progress.
Ashanti regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah, while highlighting the government achievement and update on the health sector investment in the Ashanti region said work on the project will soon resume to address congestion situation at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
The minister also assured that about 25 of 32 health facilities in the Ashanti Region are expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
He explained that works on power installation at the Sewuah Government Hospital which stalled for years under the ruling government is near completion.
According to him, the Kumawu and Fomena hospitals are also completed stating the Fomena facility is already in use before official commissioning.
He said other facilities including five district hospitals and other Agenda 111 projects will be in operation next year.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
