Filenews 29 November 2021
Ready in October 2022 will be the project of constructing a new building of the Dialysis Unit, at Paphos General Hospital, says the Director of the Nephrology Clinic of Pafos General Hospital Dr. Lakis Gioukkas, expressing satisfaction with the progress of the works.
In his statements Dr. Gioukkas said the projects are progressing according to the schedules and plans made and are expected to be ready in October 2022.
According to Dr. Gioukkas, the contract amounts to €4,737,000 plus VAT, the responsibility for coordinating the project lies with the Department of Public Works, while its monitoring is carried out by officials of the Department of Public Works, the Department of Electromechanical Services and the Directorate of Control, the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works.
He also pointed out that the cost of the Project is borne by the State Health Services Organization. According to the Contract, the Contractor has studied and will complete the construction works within 18 months of their commencement, and in less than a year from now, while after the completion of the works he will be responsible for the Maintenance of the Project for a period of 12 years.
The aim of the Project, he continued, which was announced by the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades, is to solve the chronic problems faced by the dialysis patients of the Pafos District and it is expected that this Project will eliminate the suffering to which the suffering citizens are subjected. He pointed out that today the existing Dialysis Unit of Pafos General Hospital serves 65 patients, but the construction of the new Unit aims, as he said, to cover the needs of the Pafos District for at least 15 years.
As he mentioned, the new building is being erected east of the existing Pafos Hospital, it will be independent, but it will be connected to the existing building through a corridor with the Pediatric Department of the Hospital. It will consist of a ground floor and two floors, with a total area of approximately 2,100 square meters, and will host a modern functional Dialysis Unit, with high aesthetic and quality requirements, while at the same time it will best meet the needs of the patients who will be hospitalized and the staff who will be employed in it.
At the heart of the design of the new Unit, he added, is the provision to patients of high quality hospitalization, in a modern and well-studied in all respects, environment.
On the ground floor of the building there will be a comfortable reception and registration area for patients, examination rooms / clinics, four short-term dialysis stations, two dialysis stations for people with infectious diseases (Yellow Unit) with a separate discreet entrance, the staff changing rooms and auxiliary spaces.
Moreover, he continued, on the first floor, 25 hospitalization stations will be created, the changing rooms and a living room for patients and auxiliary spaces, while on the second floor there will be a rest room for the on-call doctor and other areas. The entire building is designed for easy access for people with disabilities concluded.
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