The hospital is situated on raised ground above Abetifi town, which is the highest inhabited point in Ghana at 630 metres above sea level. There are challenging routes up the hill flanked by escarpments of over 200 metres of vertical rock.
Benefits
To you, your family and the local area.
Shorter Waiting Times
The new hospital will be capable of handling the expected 50% attendance increase in 2015
State-of-the-art Facility
The new hospital will have 21st Century equipment and facilities.
Capable of Expansion
The hospital is designed to be capable of expansion from 120 beds to 200 beds.
Extra Income
Woody vegetative matter from excavation activities will be offered to affected land users to be used for charcoal burning to provide extra income.
Design
Each hospital has been adapted to suit the unique topography and geographical conditions of its location by a world class team of experts from the UK and Ghana.
The innovative design of the hospitals is aimed at providing a therapeutic environment to aid patient recovery while providing value for money by delivering hospitals which require minimal maintenance, have a low energy footprint and have the capacity for future expansion.
A comprehensive process of consultation with local landowners, farmers and other stakeholders has been undertaken ahead of and throughout the hospital build process.
The new hospital will have 21st Century equipment and facilities and is designed to be capable of expansion from 120 beds to 200 beds.
The goal is to support the sustainable advancement of healthcare in Ghana.
The goal is to support the sustainable advancement of healthcare in Ghana.
The proposed new hospital will house
- Two operating theatres
- Theatre recovery unit
- Intensive care unit (ICU)
- Surgical wards (male and female)
- Medical wards (male and female)
- Accident and emergency wards
- Observation/out-patient ward
- Maternity, obstetrics / gynaecology ward
- Paediatric ward
- Public health unit
- Dental unit
- Radiology unit
- Pharmacy/dispensary
- Laboratory
- Blood bank
- Consulting rooms
- Reception/waiting area
- Records office
- Accommodation for core staff
- Conference and training facilities
- Kitchen, laundry
- Hospital stores
- Mortuary
- Maintenance unit/workshop
- Waste disposal unit
Bed Numbers
Adult and Paediatric Wards
- Maternity, Obstetrics and Gynecology Department – Two Wards and Delivery = 32 beds
- Male Surgical Ward = 14 beds
- Female Surgical Ward = 14 beds
- Pediatric Ward = 16 beds
- Male Medical Ward = 14 beds
- Female Medical Ward = 14 beds
- Theatre Recovery Beds = 4 beds
- Accident and Emergency = 6 bed (Triage)
- Outpatients = 6 bed (Observation)
- Mothers Hostel = 18 beds
- Total: 138 beds
- l L-shaped wards with central staff base supporting both wings
- l Mix of of private and open wards
- l Innovative central spine layout enables patients to look directly outside to therapeutic gardens and views beyond
- l Garden space defined for each ward
- l Variant for children
A strong, sustainable design concept based upon a series of distinct landscapes
Landscape Concept
'Care and Cure' concept employs international best practice for healthcare design incorporating therapeutic and functional garden spaces
- A therapeutic environment – buildings in a landscape
- Calming, relaxing and promoting healing
- Celebrating views of the hospital and capturing views of the local area
- Creating bespoke designs for each hospital responding to local environments using indigenous plants
- Using traditional medicinal plants and herbs
- ‘Woodland’ providing screening and shade
- ‘Plantation’ with trees creating shade whilst maintaining views through
- Formal gardens celebrating focal areas and entrances
- Private gardens for each ward where patients can convalesce, relax and meet relatives
- Open ‘Savannah’ areas providing longer views across the site and beyond
- Swales creating attractive and effective water courses managing water flows in rainy seasons
- Play areas for children
Hospital Progress
Keep up to date with Dodowa build progress
2015 Architects for Health annual Design Awards
TP Bennett, the lead architects for the design on this project, alongside 2 other entries, were shortlisted in the 2015 Architects for Health Annual Design Awards in the category of “International Project – An outstanding health care building that is located in a place outside the UK”and were announced winners on the 22nd June at a ceremony in London.
A testament to the quality of the designs! Congratulations.
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