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President Mahama to commission University of Ghana Medical Center
The project which is located on a 400 acre land behind Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research cost $217 million.
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The Medical Center is an ultra-modern facility for service delivery, training and research. It will be equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for trauma and emergency services with a heliport and internal medicine, including surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiology, heart surgery and medicinal imaging.
Construction of the facility started on March 12, 2011, with a sod-cutting ceremony by the then president Professor John Evans Atta Mills.
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In June 2011, Cabinet gave approval for a loan facility from Israel for the design, construction, and installation of medical equipment for the 617-bed Hospital facility for the University of Ghana.
It is expected that phase 1 will have 650 beds and Phase 2 will add 350 beds to increase the total number of beds to 1000.
The facilty is expected to be a self-financing. It will be opened to the public.
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The Sheba Medical Centre in Israel will assist the facility to provide the most efficient health care that would measure up to global standards.
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Sheba Medical Centre is the largest in Israel and UGMC was modelled after the Israel health facility.
The facility was constructed by the University of Ghana through a loan acquired by the Government of Ghana from the Israeli Government. The facility will house all health institutions of the University of Ghana currently located at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
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