THE UNIVERSITY OF GHANA TEACHING HOSPITAL PROJECT:

OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATION

18th April,2015

Aaron LawsonProject Coordinator

FORMAT

• Historical Background• Project Description & Milestones• Collaboration• Concluding Remarks• Acknowledgements

A DREAM

• Governor Sir Gordon Guggisberg

• Korle Bu Hospital– 1923

• Plans for Medical Education in Ghana

• Medical School within the Hospital

• Training of Nurses, midwives, Dispensers,Sanitary Inspectors

A SECOND DREAM

• 1st President – OsagyefoDr. Kwame Nkrumah.

• National Medical & Health Training Centre at Legon.

• US Government to build a new Teaching Hospital

A GHANAIAN MEDICAL SCHOOL

• Contract with US abrogated 1962

• A Ghanaian Medical School with local financial and human resources

• Upgrade of Korle Bu Hospital to a Teaching Hospital

A GHANAIAN MEDICAL SCHOOL

• 1969 – Revival of plans for a medical Complex in Legon by Profs Easmon & Honda.

• 400 Acre parcel of land.

• Japanese involvement – Noguchi Memorial Institute for

Medical Research 1979

A TEACHING HOSPITAL AT LEGON

• 2008 Engagement of Canadian Consultants– Site Planning Assessment

–Master Plan

A TEACHING HOSPITAL AT LEGON

COLLEGEMASTER PLAN

ACADEMIC

STUDENT HOUSING

RESEARCHUGTH

PROJECT MILESTONES

• 12 March 2011– Sod cutting ceremony at Legon

PROJECT MILESTONES• June 2011 Loan from Israel for a 617 Bed Teaching Hospital

• A Turnkey Project• Main Contractor – Messrs Engineering & Development Consultants Ltd, Israel

• Partner Institution – Sheba Medical Centre, Israel.

• Total Cost - $217 million• A 36 month project• Expected Completeion Date – Dec 2015

PROJECT MILESTONES• November 2012

– Ground breaking• April 2013

– Contractor Mobilization

PROJECT MILESTONES

• A super tertiary facility equipped for• training • research • Service delivery

• 2 Phases• Phase 1 – 7 Buildings 617 Beds• Phase 2 – 400 Beds (Medical Hotel, Cancer,

Heart, Rehabilitation Centres, More Housing)

• Medical Tourism

PROJECT MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE

• 3-TIER• Steering Committee• Technical Committee• User Panel

BLOCK PLAN

BUILDING 1• Ground Floor

• Emergency

• Imaging – CT Scan, MRI,Cath Lab with Angio capa-bility, Fluoroscopy, PACS,Xrays, Mamography, Ultra-sound etc

• 2 Dental Units with xrayfacilities

BUILDING 1• First Floor

• 12 Theatres• ICU

• Second Floor• Research & ServiceLabs

BUILDING 2• Ground & 1st Floors

• O&G and Paediatrics

• 2nd Floor• Private O&G Unit

• 3rd Floor• Assisted Reproductive Technology Unit

BUILDING 3• Ground Floor

• Clinics• Day Surgery• Dialysis Unit (Phase 2)

• 1st Floor• Hospital Admin

BUILDING 5• Ground – 3rd Floors

• Internal Medicine (inclCardiology & Cardio ICU)

• Surgery (incl Orthopaed-ics, Ophthalmology, ENTetc.

• 4th Floor• Private Unit

BUILDING 6

• Simulation Centre• Seminar Rooms• Cafeteria

BUILDING 6

• Simulation Centre– A National Facility– Modelled on Sheba MSR– International Standards– Training of Health Professionals &

Students– Collaboration with GCPS,

MDC, GCNM, GCPharm

BUILDING 7• Staff Housing

• 36 1 bed flats

• More for Phase 2

BUILDING 8• Logistics• Morgue• Kitchen

On site infrastructure & External Works

• Transformers, generators, roads, water, power etc

TRAINING• At Sheba Medical Centre

• For Health & Non-health professionals• Short-term Hands-on experience• First batch of doctors in Sheba• Nurses, pharmacists, administrators, technologists etc to follow

STRATEGIC ISSUES• Start-up & sustainability issues• Governance structures• Staff recruitment and implications• Business & operational model• International accreditation• Tarrifs & cost of services• Training – local & international• Maintenance sustainability• IT integration

STRATEGIC COMMITTEES• Human Resource• Academic & Clinical Services• Executive• Business, Finance & Investment• Maintenance• Information Technology• Research

COLLABORATION• Institutional

• Local – KBTH & others• International - Sheba Medical Centre & others

• Human Resource• High demand for health professionals• Ghanaian health professionals in the diaspora• Short & medium term appointments• Visiting Professorships• Sabbaticals• Relocation for long-term appointments

CONCLUSION• A dream come true• The best health facility in Ghana and the West African sub-region

• State-of-the-art equipment for training, research & service delivery

• A facility to be run as a business enterprise• Medical Tourism• Strong maintenance culture• BE PART OF THIS LAUDABLE VENTURE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

• The Almighty• HE the late President John Evans Atta Mills

• Ministers of Finance, Health & Education

• University of Ghana• Israeli Government• Hon Robert Joseph Mettle-Nunoo, MrRaichard Vanderpuye, PIU

• GPSF

TODAA RABAA