Benefits
To you, your family and the local area.
The new hospital will be capable of handling the expected 50% attendance increase in 2015
The new hospital will have 21st Century equipment and facilities.
The hospital is designed to be capable of expansion from 120 beds to 200 beds.
Woody vegetative matter from excavation activities will be offered to affected land users to be used for charcoal burning to provide extra income.
Recent statistics show that the Upper East Region of Ghana has over 1.3 million outpatient attendances and over 55,000 impatient admissions each year, with these figures growing.
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 proposed new hospital will house
Landscape Concept
'Care and Cure' concept employs international best practice for healthcare design incorporating therapeutic and functional garden spaces
Hospital Progress
Keep up to date with Dodowa build progress
The 6 New District Hospital Programme in Ghana has been shortlisted in the category for “Outstanding International Architecture Project” at the 2016 British Expertise International Awards. The award will celebrate the most influential architectural project and the judging criteria will be based on: innovative concept, strong local impact, meeting technical and cultural challenges, as well as sustainable outcome.
The winner is expected to be announce in March 2016.
As of the end of October there was a skilled workforce of 1109 labourers, managers, carpenters, masons, engineers on 6 active hospital sites across Ghana. The workforce is in the majority made up of Ghanaians, with over 67% of those employed from within the local communities, to where the sites are based.
As the preparation works at Garu begin to increase, members of the site workforce have undergone First Aid and Emergency Preparedness Training by Mariam Sai and Naa Odoi. Taking place over 2 days the aim of the training was to increase the knowledge and awareness level in: emergency preparedness, basic first aid, first aider and the transmission of illness and methods of Assessment.
NMSI provides a full design/build/equip/train service for the development of locally appropriate health-related infrastructure. NMSI brings to bear the expertise of award-winning experts in the field to provide the latest in innovation and design.
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