The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government will tomorrow 17th May open to public use the newly renovated Greater Accra Regional Hospital formerly Ridge Hospital which was constructed by the previous government led by former president John Dramani Mahama.
A statement from the health ministry signed by its head of public relations Robert Cudjoe inviting journalists to cover the ceremony for the opening of the facility to public use noted that new clinical services will also be introduced.
The 620-bed capacity hospital was financed by Government of Ghana with support from the Exim and HSBC Bank at an estimated of 250 million US dollars.
The cost of the hospital construction dominated headlines in the run up to the 2016 presidential and parliamentary election when the then opposition leader Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo now president of Ghana attacked the then NDC government of inflating the cost of the project.
The then NPP presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his ‘real state of the nation’ address delivered in February 2015 accused former president Mahama and his NDC government of inflating the cost of the project by $142 million dollars.
His accusation was challenged by the then NDC government as well as Crown Agents Ghana Limited, the company contracted to conduct the Value for Money Assessment, on the project that made a recommendation that the total contract price for the project was rather reduced by $142 million.
The construction of the hospital is in two phases, Ex- president John Mahama commissioned the first phase in November 2016 and the second phase is expected to be completed by next year, 2018.
Apart from it world-class medical facilities, the ridge hospital now known as the Greater Accra regional hospital also has delivery suites, maternity wards, intensive care units and other modern facilities.
Source: radiogold905.com
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Instead of you to say the Govt of Ghana will commission the new completed hospital started by his predecessor, you doing politics with it.Why does the money used to furnish the hospital belongs to any political party ? this must stop in modern day democracy. The media of Ghana are not acting professional at all. But rather creating a divided nation with their utterances
@ Avor, good one there. If we continue like this we will remain like this for a long time.
Let's for once give honour where it's due. Let's appreciate the work of former leaders even if they belong to other parties. Our progress for development is a collective one devoid of politics. We owe it to posterity to make our dear nation a better place. Let's not paint everything in political colours. The most important thing to do is to support whoever wins the presidency to deliver and make life better for our teeming youth. The hospital belong to Ghana. Keep it safe, protect it and maintain the property. Good morning
TWEAA, HOW MUCH MONEY DIDN'T MAHAMA STEAL BY INFLATING PRICES WHILE BUILDING THIS HOSPITAL? ALLOW ME TO PISS !!!!!!
It is sad to tag Mahama's name against the ridge hospital. The hospital does not belong to Mahama, it belongs to the people of Ghana. It was built with your money and my money, the money did not come from the pocket of Mahama, so the tagging of Mahama's name to the hospital is "over the top"; it is uncalled for. Mahama was employed by the people of Ghana to build the nation and he has no choice than to do that; and if he did it, the credit goes to the people of the country not to Mahama per se even though it was built during his presidency. Mahama himself cannot also brag and beat his chest whatever development that went on during his presidency, because without out money he could not have done that.
Good legacy that can never be brushed aside
Is Mahama's Hospital period. Any f-0-0-0-0-0-l who doesn't agree should go and burn the sea. Like you want Peacefm to say Nana Addo Hospital or what? I repeat is Mahama Hospital period. Even you people are making noise of your so called one class free shs.Even your wifes who were saying whether we would eat roads have no occupied all the pavement at kwame Nkrame Interchange fighting with AMA task force.
WHO TOLD YOU J MAHAMA AND HIS NDC BUILT RIDGE HOSPITAL. WHAT A LIE, DO THEY REPAIRED THE DAMAGE PARTS AND PAINTED IT AGAIN, WHICH THEY DID RENOVATIONS TO RIDGE HOSPITAL. OR WHAT ei GHANA JOURNALISM journalism AND LIES. THIS IS HOSPITAL IS PAINT MAA ME NTOOO. THIS RIDGE WAS BUILT LONG TIME AGO, EVEN I WASNT BE BORN.
NPP QUASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO
Guys will you keep quite what did you side about Kuffour bus. did Kuffour bought the busess with his own money. think before you come to this platform