The contractor responsible for constructing the Children’s Specialist Hospital at Weija has officially handed over the facility to the government.
Officials from the Ministry of Health received the hospital before handing it over to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday, August 7.
However, it remains unclear when the 120-bed facility will officially begin operations or whether the GHS has formed a management team to oversee it.
There are also reports that the government is yet to fully settle payments owed to the contractor.
The handover follows months of pressure from residents and parents in Weija, who staged a demonstration in May 2026 to demand the opening of the hospital.
The facility was reportedly completed more than a year earlier but had remained unused.
The contractor, Joseph Adams, was reportedly invited by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) shortly after meeting Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh following the demonstration.
Weija-Gbawe MP Jerry Ahmed Shaib has also renewed calls for the hospital to be opened, insisting that it should not be affected by political considerations.
“I don’t think we should still be playing politics with this facility. It should be operationalised for people to use it. I had a word from the Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, that it has been operationalised, so I should pass by and see, but when I did, it was still closed,” he said.
Once operational, the hospital is expected to provide specialised paediatric healthcare and help ease pressure on the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, which has faced challenges with ageing infrastructure.
The facility is also expected to improve access to advanced child healthcare services for residents of Weija-Gbawe and surrounding communities.
