{"id":121835,"date":"2015-06-03T18:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T18:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=121835"},"modified":"2015-06-03T18:30:26","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T18:30:26","slug":"mahama-inspects-ongoing-ridge-ug-health-projects-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ongoing-ridge-ug-health-projects-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama inspects ongoing Ridge, UG health projects [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday inspected two major health facilities under construction in Accra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121818\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-10.jpg\" alt=\"mahama inspects ridge hospital project (10)\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-10.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-10-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The projects are a 600-bed capacity project for the University of Ghana Teaching Hospital and a 640-bed capacity facility for the Ridge Hospital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121815\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-7.jpg\" alt=\"mahama inspects ridge hospital project (7)\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-7.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-7-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The University of Ghana Teaching Hospital will cost about $217 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121812\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-4.jpg\" alt=\"mahama inspects ridge hospital project (4)\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-4-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing staff of the Ridge Hospital and workers at\u00a0the site, President Mahama stated that the health facility is currently in its first phase adding that the phase two will commence soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-121814\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/mahama-inspects-ridge-hospital-project-6.jpg\" alt=\"mahama inspects ridge hospital project (6)\" width=\"768\" height=\"431\" 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