MAY 30, 2023
Pictures of Prime Minister Hon. James Marape opening the brand-new K20 million Kupiano Hospital in Abau, Central, on Friday, May 26, 2023.
The hospital was built by Santos through the Government’s Tax Credit Scheme (TCS) arrangement at a cost of K20.224 million towards development from feasibilility, design and engineering in 2010 to final completion. Construction work started in 2017.
The hospital has been upgraded to Level-4 District Hospital Status from Rural Health Centre and includes an outpatient and emergency department with a procedure room, a general ward consisting of mordern equipment with 16 beds, a maternity ward with a spacious delivery room, a minor procedure room, a nurses’ station and five ablution rooms.