The Cross River State Government has flagged off the construction of a 105-bed Calabar Specialist Hospital which is billed for commissioning in March 2015.
Imoke disclosed that the project, which is located within Summit Hills, is in line with the state’s dream to provide world standard health care to the citizenry, in partnership with UCL Health Care Services.
Speaking at the event in Calabar, the state capital, Governor Imoke said the specialist hospital will not only transform the medical landscape of the state but will also ultimately enlarge the profile of healthcare delivery in the region and the country at large.
He also noted that the hospital will offer a comprehensive package of secondary, gynecology, obstetrics, pediatrics, internal medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics laboratory services and basic cardiology with plans to extend to oncology in the near future.
The cost of the hospital is N6.4 billion with the state government’s capital contribution set at N3.2 billion while the balance of the financial requirement will be sourced by UCL Health Care Services Limited, as its equity contribution to the Public Private Partnership (PPP).
