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Fomena District Hospital

The second hospital site in this project

Benefits

To you, your family and the local area.

Shorter Waiting Times

The new hospital will be capable of handling an expected 50% attendance increase

Capable of Expansion

The hospital is designed to be capable of expansion from 120 beds to 200 beds.

State-of-the-art Facility

The new hospital will have 21st Century equipment and facilities.

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.

The new hospital will house Adansi North District’s first publicly owned, dedicated maternity centre ensuring that more women will have access to health workers during pregnancy and childbirth.

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

714 on-site workers

By Abetifi, Dodowa, Fomena, Kumawu, Progress

As of April 2015 there is a skilled workforce of over 700 labourers, managers, carpenters, masons, engineers on 5 active hospital sites across Ghana.  The workforce is in the majority made up of Ghanaians, as we keep our commitment to bolstering local economies and using local staff wherever possible.  Over 90% of those working on the project are Ghanaian nationals.  The size of the crew demonstrates the growing speed of the project, as over the last 3 months from January, it has increased by over 200%.

Fomena Site Progress

By Fomena, Progress

Progress at Fomena District Hospital site has been great since the turn of the year.  The hospital staff housing is really beginning to take shape, as well as the foundation works around the already erected steal and roof of the traditional medicine and public health building.

31st January 2015 Fomena Hospital Staff Housing31st January 2015 Fomena Hospital Site Foundation Works31st January 2015 Fomena Hospital Site

Fomena District Hospital Site Progress

By Fomena, Progress

Significant progress has been made on the Fomena District Hospital Site.  The site’s major earthworks have now been completed, while the foundations for the traditional health and medicine building are also done.  Progress has been made on erecting the steelwork for this building and work has also begun on the hospital staff  accommodation.

10th December 2014 Fomena Hospital Site - Traditional Medicine Building