GH¢7m needed to complete 100-bed infectious disease facility – Senyo Hosi

An amount of GH¢7 million in funding is needed for the completion of Ghana’s first Infectious Disease Isolation and Treatment Facility which is located at the Ga East Municipal Hospital, Managing Trustee of the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund, Senyo Hosi, has said.

This follows ongoing works on a 100-bed facility built under the auspices of the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund and in collaboration with the Engineering Division of the Ghana Armed Forces as part of a national effort to curb the spread of Coronavirus and treat critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Speaking in an interview with GhanaWeb on Monday, May 18, 2020, Mr. Senyo Hosi said some GH¢20 million has so far been raised from donations with some GH¢7 million needed to close the financing gap for the project.

“On the funding, we’ve been able to raise about GH¢20 million for this project and we’ve also received other donations for other parts of our [COVID-19 Private Sector] initiatives which focused on feeding the vulnerable, resourcing and equipping frontline health workers and we’re looking at about GH¢27 million in all and roughly US$4.5 million to wrap up the entire project,” Seny Hosi explained.

“This week is a very important one and we need to raise a lot of funding to be able to meet about a GH¢7 to GH¢8 million financing gap that we need to work towards to cover the completion of this essential project,” he added.

Mr Senyo Hosi, therefore, called on the citizenry, businesses in the private sector, philanthropists and all to donate towards the COVID-19 Private Sector Fund towards the completion of the Infectious Disease Isolation and Treatment Facility project.

The Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund is an initiative that seeks to raise a minimum of GH¢100 million by a number of private businesses drawn from diverse sectors in the country to support government’s efforts in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.