{"id":1031993,"date":"2022-03-23T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/23\/redevelopment-of-accra-psychiatric-hospital-to-begin-september\/"},"modified":"2022-03-23T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T16:18:00","slug":"redevelopment-of-accra-psychiatric-hospital-to-begin-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/23\/redevelopment-of-accra-psychiatric-hospital-to-begin-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Redevelopment of Accra Psychiatric Hospital to begin September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"456\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Accra-Psychiatric-Hospital-696x456.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Accra Psychiatric Hospital\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A redevelopment project at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been scheduled to take off in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The project, according to the hospital\u2019s Director, Dr Pinaman Appau, will be completed within 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Accra, Dr Appau indicated the redevelopment forms parts of the government\u2019s 111 agenda.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed the Ministry of Health (MoH) is currently working on all prerequisites ahead of the redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 230-bed project is expected to start at the end of the third quarter of 2022, although initial communication stated the end of June 2022,\u201d she announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Director also hinted at plans to reduce the number of patients at the facility in order to effectively and efficiently deliver on its mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe facility is being downsized from a 600 capacity bed to a 220 capacity bed because we do not want huge mental health facilities, as it is the best practice in mental health care across the world. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are bringing the service to the communities, to your doorsteps. So, the facilities will be taking care of more specialized cases,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Appau further dismissed claims that the hospital has been sold and urged the public to disregard the rumours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the best of the knowledge of management, no part of this land has been sold, nor is it going to be sold. What we know is that there is going to be a redevelopment project that we have been informed of since 2017. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not relocating. We are just moving our services from one part of the facility to another for the re-development to go on,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"p2vpl19uf3A\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poultry farmers to lay off workers over lack of and high cost of feed -  Adom TV (23-3-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p2vpl19uf3A?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A redevelopment project at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital has been scheduled to take off in September 2022. The project, according to the hospital\u2019s Director, Dr Pinaman Appau, will be completed within 18 months. Addressing a press conference in Accra, Dr Appau indicated the redevelopment forms parts of the government\u2019s 111 agenda. 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