A/R: Work stalls on ‘bushy’ 500-bed Afari hospital as workers not paid for 5 months
Construction work on the almost-complete Kumasi Military hospital project in Afari in the Atwima Nwabiagya District of the Ashanti Region has stalled since December last year.
A source at the site told OTECNEWS that the work has been on hold for the past five months.
This, according to him, was because workers could not be paid.
A video of the abandoned project was recently circulated on social media.
The 500-bed facility, which started in the erstwhile Mahama administration, was designed to be a referral facility to take off some burden from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
It is expected to have all the normal components of a medical centre, including 17 specialist clinics, pharmacy units, theatres, laboratories, a kitchen, a laundry, a morgue, treatment plants for water, sewerage and medical waste as well as an internal gas-generating system.
However, shrubs are starting to take over the place due to the hiatus.
The health facility was also designed to have a large car park, a helipad to receive emergencies by helicopters and seven different flats of staff accommodation.
Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com
