Finance Minister tours La General Hospital to confirm start of project

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The  of Finance Ken  toured the  to confirm that work had indeed begun.

After the tour on Wednesday, November 29, he said service delivery at the “La General Hospital is poised to resume next year.”

 earlier said that the government had renegotiated the contract terms of the 160-bed La General Hospital project. The project, he said, would now be funded through the national .

His comments came after the  Members of  criticized the  Kwaku Agyeman-Manu on the floor of  on Tuesday, November 14, 2024, for failing to give timelines on when exactly the project would start.

The La General Hospital was demolished in July 2020 due to what authorities say were severe structural problems reported by the hospital’s administration.

cut the sod for the reconstruction of the La General Hospital Redevelopment Project on August 10, 2020, but work has yet to begin.

Residents of La and its environs expressed anger over the undue , with the MP for the area calling on the  to intervene.

On Tuesday, November 14, Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu revealed that the Finance Ministry had successfully secured €50 million in local funding for the reconstruction of the hospital.

But  told Parliament during the presentation of the  statement on Wednesday, November 15 that “the contractor is expected back on site next week” which has since started.

Source: 3news.com|Ghana

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