Mitrelli Group of Companies, an Israeli construction firm, has indicated its strong interest in completing the 43-year-old abandoned Maternity and Children’s Block project at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The company, led by its representatives last Monday, March 20, 2017 together with the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, and management of the facility, toured the project site with the aim to appreciate the extent of work to be done.
“Mitrelli Group is in the country to find the possibility of landing the legal contract to start the project,” the leader of the group, Gur Katz, said.
If given the contract, the company, according to Mr. Katz, will fully complete the project, stock it with standard hospital equipment and give the necessary training to handlers of the facility.
He said before they return to their base in Israel, the company during its stay in Ghana will meet with key players in the project to find ways to settle on modalities.
“We are ready to start work on this project to ease the age-long problems at the hospital. Even if this contract is given to us today, our company is ready to do a great job and it is a promise,” Mr. Katz noted.
Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, on his part said he was committed to the completion of the abandoned KATH project which begun some forty-three years ago by the Acheampong regime.
He disclosed that since he took office, about five agencies had contacted him wanting to contribute to the project to ensure its completion in order to serve the region and the entire country.
Mr. Osei-Mensah observed that at the moment, the situation at KATH was not the best because of the lack of space to accommodate patients.
Patients and nursing mothers, he said, are left with the option of sleeping on the floors and on the corridors of the hospital, a situation unbefitting of Ghana.
“I have resolved that by the time I leave office as the regional minister, that project would be completed so we can save the lives of our mothers and babies who are our future leaders,” he assured.
Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com is your source for all Ghana News. Get the latest Ghana news, breaking news, sports, politics, entertainment and more about Ghana, Africa and beyond.
