Ayodele Olalere
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said the ongoing construction of the new children’s Massey Hospital, Lagos Island will be completed next year
The governor spoke during the inspection tour of the site to ascertain the level of work done on the site.
Sanwo-Olu expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the site, saying: ‘ are on course, and we believe that 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,” he said.
The new hospital is a seven story building with 10 multi-level car parks and will be the biggest children hospital in sub-saharan Africa when completed.
Sanwo-Olu said the ground-breaking of the edifice was done in 2021 and recalled that he promised to.erect ‘ what will be the biggest paediatric hospital in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa at a single location.
“You will see for yourselves the magnitude and extent of what is now being constructed 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.”
He added that Lagos deserves the health edifice as the hospital is almost 100 years old and deserves a new 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. This is one of our major health projects, and there are several of them,” the governor said.