Unpaid contractor delays KATH Mother and Baby Unit as materials deteriorate

The stalled Mother and Baby Unit project at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) is facing further setbacks, with its consultant project manager warning that construction materials procured for the facility are deteriorating, and some have already become defective or expired due to prolonged delays.

The project was therefore redesigned as a 509-bed hospital, involving the demolition of the old structure and construction of a new facility.

He said the contractor had been unable to resume full-scale construction because payments for work already undertaken remained outstanding, leading to repeated suspensions.