Minister gives untimatum on hospital project

Keta, (Volta Region) 17 Feb. '99,

Mr.Samuel Nuamah Donkor, Minister of Health, yesterday directed contractors working on the Keta district hospital rehabilitation project to complete and hand it over to the ministry by June this year. The minister gave this ultimatum when he paid a working visit to the hospital. He said while visiting the hospital that poor management and lack of proper co-ordination between the contractors and the end users on one hand, and the Ministry's Project Implementation Unit [PIU] on the other, is causing the delay of the project. Mr. Nuamah-Donkor, who was accompanied by the Keta district chief executive, Mrs.Eugenia Abla Kumassah, ordered the immediate installation of all equipment meant for the hospital. Mrs. Kumassah appealed to the minister to assist the assembly to complete a six-unit doctor's flat at Keta, and upgrade the Tregui and Anloga health posts. She said the early completion of these projects would minimise health problems and possible congestion at the Keta hospital when the sea defence wall project starts this year. Mrs. Kumassah asked the contractors to find a suitable method for the disposal of the liquid waste of the hospital, instead of dumping it into the Keta Lagoon which is the main source of livelihood for the people.