{"id":320168,"date":"2017-05-17T18:39:21","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T18:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=320168"},"modified":"2017-05-17T18:39:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T18:39:21","slug":"greater-accra-regional-hospital-finally-operational-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=320168","title":{"rendered":"Greater Accra Regional Hospital finally operational [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu on Wednesday opened to the public, the newly built state of the art health facility at Ridge in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital referred to the as the Greater Accra Regional Hospital was built by the Mahama administration with a $250 million credit facility from the US Exim bank and HSBC Bank.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320171 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-5\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320172 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-6\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John Mahama inaugurated the first phase of the project in November 2016 but the hospital remained closed.<\/p>\n<p>Following the opening of the 420-bed facility by the Health Minister, some 47 patients had the opportunity to experienced health care at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320173 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-7\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320174 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-8-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-8\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Official records say 3 patients in critical condition were revived at the emergency ward, while 20 received care at the pediatric department.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320176 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-1\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320175 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-9-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-9\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320177 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-2\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>14 others received care at the family medicine department.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320178 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-3\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-320179 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ridge-hospital-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"ridge-hospital-4\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Health at the opening of the facility indicated that government will seek funds to complete phase two of the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu on Wednesday opened to the public, the newly built state of the art health facility at Ridge in Accra. 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