{"id":1195525,"date":"2022-08-31T11:50:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/31\/la-general-hospital-pressure-mounts-on-health-minister-over-stalled-e68m-project\/"},"modified":"2022-08-31T11:50:42","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T11:50:42","slug":"la-general-hospital-pressure-mounts-on-health-minister-over-stalled-e68m-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/31\/la-general-hospital-pressure-mounts-on-health-minister-over-stalled-e68m-project\/","title":{"rendered":"La General Hospital: Pressure mounts on Health Minister over stalled \u20ac68m project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"La General Hospital: Pressure mounts on Health Minister over stalled \u20ac68m project\" title=\"La General Hospital: Pressure mounts on Health Minister over stalled \u20ac68m project\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>Pressure is mounting on Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, over the lack of work at the site of the demolished La General Hospital. <\/p>\n<p>The health facility was torn down in March 2020, to pave way for the construction of what government said would be an\u00a0upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Three years on, the site is still literally bear with no major works ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>This redevelopment project was to be financed by a credit facility from Standard Chartered Bank of the United Kingdom, with an export credit guarantee from China\u2019s Sinosure worth about \u20ac68 million with an insurance cover of \u20ac3.8 million.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-193-1024x567.png\" alt=\"La General Hospital: Pressure mounts on Health Minister over stalled \u20ac68m project\" class=\"wp-image-10032162463\"   title=\"La General Hospital: Pressure mounts on Health Minister over stalled \u20ac68m project\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>After it was razed down, the people of La have blamed the absence of a proper health facility in the area for what they describe as needless deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking Member on the Health Committee, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh led journalists to the site.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday, he accused the government of abandoning the project and lying to the residents in the hospital\u2019s catchment area.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion, it will be transformed into a 160-bed facility and will be fitted with an outpatient department; inpatient wards; maternity and neonatal services; surgical unit with four theatres; accident and emergency department; public health department; pharmacy unit; laboratory; administration; imaging area, with CT Scan, X-ray room, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, mammography units; physiotherapy unit; and a mortuary.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pressure is mounting on Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu, over the lack of work at the site of the demolished La General Hospital. The health facility was torn down in March 2020, to pave way for the construction of what government said would be an\u00a0upgrade. 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