{"id":159064,"date":"2015-10-12T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=159064"},"modified":"2015-10-12T20:44:26","modified_gmt":"2015-10-12T20:44:26","slug":"new-dodowa-district-hospital-to-be-opened-in-december-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/new-dodowa-district-hospital-to-be-opened-in-december-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"New Dodowa District Hospital to be opened in December [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service have announced plans to launch the new Dodowa District Hospital in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region in early December this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Construction of the state of the art hospital commenced in 2014 and is the first to be delivered under the national Built To Care initiative by the Ministry of Health in collaboration with UK construction firm, NMS Infrastructure Limited.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159066 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-1-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159070 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-5.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 5\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-5.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-5-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Built to Care is a pioneering programme that is helping Ghana lead the way for all of Africa in modern sustainable healthcare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It seeks to provide state of the art facilities and services that are designed, built and managed by Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Ministry of Health\u2019s national survey of health needs and services, similar hospitals are being constructed in Fomena and Kumawu in the Ashanti Region; Sekondi in the Western Region; Abetifi in the Eastern Region and Garu in the Upper East Region; with additional upgrades being made to the Takoradi European Hospital, where construction of staff accommodation is currently underway.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each hospital will have 120 beds, dedicated medical staff, ultramodern operating theatres, maternity and paediatric wards, modern and local public health and traditional medicine programmes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159067 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 2\" width=\"544\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-2.jpg 544w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-2-300x276.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159068 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-3.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 3\" width=\"400\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-3-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hospitals are also designed to be capable of expansion from 120 beds to 200.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They will become cornerstones of their local communities by providing family-friendly environments including gardens, play areas and accommodation for hospital visitors, and through community outreach and health awareness initiatives that will help give people the skills and knowledge to lead healthy lives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159072 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-7.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 7\" width=\"768\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-7.jpg 768w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-7-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159071 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-6.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 6\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-6-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Health, Tony Goodman, says the District Hospital Programme, being delivered at a cost of $175 million, will greatly improve access to healthcare services when completed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was thus excited about the completion of the first of the new generation hospitals at Dodowa, which will replace the old hospital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that progress is being made on the other six hospitals in spite of various challenges, confirming that the land acquisition for Sekondi is progressing and that the final hurdles over site selection will be surmounted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Chairman of NMS Infrastructure Limited, Frederik Hsu, said the hospitals are designed to be cost effective to build, easier to maintain and cheaper to run, ensuring that patients receive the highest quality treatment that is affordable, accessible and provided in safe, secure and pleasant environment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that \u201cvisitors to the hospital will benefit from shorter waiting times as the new hospitals will have greater capacity than the hospitals they are replacing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,000 people in Ghana and the UK have been involved in the Built To Care programme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159074 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-9.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 9\" width=\"780\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-9.jpg 780w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-9-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Peter Marks, Programme Director, the project currently employs 950 skilled and semi-skilled Ghanaians and six Ghanaian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have set up to provide services and future training.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159069 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-4.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 4\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that over 100 Ghanaian suppliers are engaged in a $50million Ghanaian supply chain, and NMS is directly supporting five local children\u2019s charities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local Partner of NMS Infrastructure and Chairman of Genelec Holdings, Kojo Hastings, confirmed that NMS will continue to provide technical support and training to Ghana Health Service health-workers for a period of three years following the opening of each hospital to contribute to the long term success of the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-159073 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-8.jpg\" alt=\"Dodowa Hospital 8\" width=\"678\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-8.jpg 678w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Dodowa-Hospital-8-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About NMS Infrastructure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">NMS, an international service provider, offers a full design, building and training services for the development of locally appropriate health-related infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company brings to bear the expertise in the field to provide the latest innovation and design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also delivers total solutions for social infrastructure projects in education, energy, affordable housing, water and sanitation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beyond providing health infrastructure, NMS takes corporate social responsibility projects seriously providing support for education and health projects in the countries where they operate.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service have announced plans to launch the new Dodowa District Hospital in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra Region in early December this year. 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