Government has secured US$100 million funds for the construction of Agenda 111 project healthcare infrastructure in the country.

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, gave the update at the Minister’s briefing in Accra on Sunday.

According to Mr Oppong Nkrumah, President Nana Akufo Addo will inspect the commencement works at Trede in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region.

Each hospital is expected to be completed within 12 months, starting from the point of commencement.

“Currently, commencement funding of US$100 million has been made available to the project through the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Funds. For the project itself, it is budgeted at nearly US$17 million for each of the district hospitals. The district and specialized hospitals are being funded by the Government of Ghana but for the regional hospitals, EPC arrangements have been made. This project will naturally go across three budget cycles. So allocations have been made across the various budget cycles in the Medium Term Expenditure Framework for what the Government of Ghana is bearing”, the Minister stated.

Out of the projected US$17 million for each district hospital, US$12.88 million will cater for civil works, with about US$4 million going into equipment required.

“Contractors for the projects have been secured, with the first set beginning work this week. We are starting off on Tuesday at Trade [in the Ashanti Region] and the other contractors soon afterwards will also begin theirs at the various districts across the country,” Mr. Oppong Nkurmah added.

Each unit would have facilities such as Outpatient services, including consultation for medical and surgical cases, Ophthalmology, Dental and Physiotherapy and Imaging services.