[ 2017-02-28 ]

The Ghana @50 memorial monument project was envisioned to accommodate relatives of patients

Cape Coast Teaching Hospital laments abandoned Ghana@50 hostel project
The management of the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
has appealed to government to complete the
abandoned Ghana @50 memorial project ahead of
Ghana’s 60th anniversary.

The Ghana @50 memorial monument project was
envisioned to accommodate relatives of patients
who travel from far distances to patronize the
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital; but it has been
stalled for the past 10 years due to lack of
funds. The sub-structure of the 250-bed capacity
two-storey building project, was abandoned in
November 2007.

This has led to relatives of patients sleeping in
front of the emergency and accident ward at the
Cape Coast Teaching Hospital every evening for
lack of accommodation for those who traveled from
far distances. In an interview with Citi News, the
Medical Director of the Cape Coast Teaching
Hospital, Dr. Eric Kofi Ngyedu, appealed to the
government to complete the Ghana @50 project to
improve services for the poor who seek medical
care at the referral hospital.

“This issue has been a great concern to the
hospital. You agree with me that this hospital has
been growing from strength to strength, and the
demand on it to fulfill its mandate as a teaching
hospital is huge; because once we are a referral
centre, we expect a lot of people to bring their
patients here, and could not go back home for
various reasons,” he stated.

He added that, the completion of abandoned hostel
would give meaning to the Ghana @50 celebration as
we prepare to celebrate our 60 years anniversary.
“Our personal plea would be to remind
authorities that since we are about celebrating
Ghana @60, we relook at projects which were
started at Ghana @50 so that this abandoned
project can come and improve our lot,” he
concluded.

Source - citifmonline.com

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