Significant number of Agenda 111 hospital projects will be completed in 2024 – Pres Akufo-Addo

The President, Nana Akufo-Addo says a significant number of Agenda 111 hospital projects will be completed in 2024; his final year in office.

He says the ongoing construction of the hospitals which is progressing steadily had an average completion rate of 52 per cent.

At the Maiden Awards Night of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons President Akufo-Addo reiterated his vision to make Ghana the centre of excellent medical care in West Africa by 2030.

“Thus far, the construction of 86 district hospitals, two regional psychiatric hospitals, and the western regional hospital are ongoing which are all at various levels of completion. The average completion rate of the 89 projects is 52 percent. With work at some of the sites at 70 to 80 percent complete.”

“Beyond the building of these new healthcare facilities, my vision is to help make Ghana the centre of excellence of medical care in West Africa by 2030, Leveraging on Ghana’s favourable status as the most peaceful country in the West Africa sub-region, a beacon of democracy and a land of opportunities.”

The Agenda 111 project, also known as the Ghana Health Infrastructure Project, was launched by President Akufo-Addo’s administration to address gaps in healthcare infrastructure across the country.

It involves the construction of 101 district hospitals, two psychiatric hospitals, seven regional hospitals, and the rehabilitation of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.