The New Massey Children Hospital on Lagos Island will be completed next year, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Lagosians.
The hospital is projected to be the biggest and most equipped in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ground-breaking was done less than two years ago,.
Sanwo-Olu, who inspected the work progress on Thursday, assured the people that the hospital will be ready to attend to children’s health needs from next year.
The Governor also expressed satisfaction with the level of work.
He said: “We are on course, and we believe we should be nearing completion sometime next year. All of the major civil works will be completed by the end of this year, and extensive finishing would start. I am happy with the commitment and the quality of work that is being done. The multi-level car park has gotten to the required height and the hospital has one more floor and a helipad on top.
“We did promise the people that we would erect what will be the biggest paediatric hospital in sub-Saharan Africa at a single location. You will see for yourselves the magnitude and extent of what is now being and where the contractors are.
“I also undermined the size of this job, but being here on the site gives a full view of the magnitude of what we are trying to put here.”
Affirming that Lagos deserves the health edifice, the governor added: “The current Massey Children’s Hospital is almost 100 years old, and the minimum we can do is to not only bring back that name, but put up a structure that would last for another 200 years.
“I can see from what we are doing here that this setting will last for centuries. My wish for the residents, especially mothers, fathers and children on Lagos Island, is that this is another promise made, another promise kept.
“We are about ensuring that we put infrastructure that will outlive us, we will put facilities that will be comparable to anyone of the size in any part of Africa or indeed in the world.” (Nation)