Uganda: Hospital Upgrade to Cost Government Sh1 Trillion - THE Government will spend $600m (about sh1.1 trillion) to renovate hospitals and health centres, the Minister of Health, Dr. Stephen Mallinga, has said. Mallinga said the money will be used to upgrade the health facilities to cater for the increased demand for services. [AA Urbanisation]

Botswana: U.S. Foundation Funds Multi-Storey Marina Building - The corporate social responsibility arm of the famous jewellery manufacturer, Tiffany, has given a $2 million grant (P15 million) for the construction of a new four storey building at the Princess Marina Hospital. [AA Urbanisation]

Ghana: Suhum Gov't Hospital Faces Infrastructural Problems - Very few words can really describe the state of the Suhum Government Hospital, which serves over 188,000 residents within the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District in the Eastern Region, as the state of its infrastructure is heartbreaking to see of a place where people go to access quality healthcare. P> The hospital, which started as a health centre in 1958, and was upgraded to a district hospital a year later, has still not seen any infrastructural transformation, even though there has been tremendous management and administrative transformation. [AA Urbanisation]

Nigeria: Adamawa to Build N4 Billion Hospital - The Adamawa State Government, at the weekend signed an agreement with a German medical consortium for the construction of a N4 billion specialist hospital that would offer Nigerians the opportunity of accessing comparable quality services available anywhere in the world. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Ugandans in the U.S to Build Sickle Cell Centre - Ugandans living in the city of Dallas in the US are to raise funds for the construction of a sickle cell centre in Uganda. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Uni-Abuja Hospital's Emergency Unit to Gulp N400 Million - THE Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Dr. Peter Alabi, yesterday disclosed that an estimate of N400 million is needed for the ongoing expansion of the Accident Emergency/Intensive Care Unit of the hospital. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Katsina to Build Orthopaedic Hospital - KATSINA State government has concluded plans for the setting up of an orthopaedic hospital in the state. [AA Construction]

Namibia: Hospital Kitchen- Not What the Doctor Ordered - CONSTRUCTION work in the Central State Hospital's kitchen has been compromising patients' health for almost a month, since food is being prepared there despite the renovations. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: FG to Upgrade Six Medical Centres - The Federal Government will, as from next year, upgrade the status of six medical institutions in the country, including that of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owerri, Imo state. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Dr Kiyingi to Build Hospital - Resilient consultant cardiologist based in Sydney, Australia, Dr Aggrey Kiyingi, is set to bounce back. We hear he is in the final stages of constructing a multi-billion heart patient hospital in Uganda. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Kano May Use Pfizer Compensation to Build Hospital - Kano state government may use part of 75million Pfizer compensation funds to build a hospital in the state. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Kampala Gets Shs20 Billion General Hospital - The construction of Kampala General Hospital in Nakawa commenced yesterday. It is expected to decongest the national referral hospital at Mulago, Daily Monitor has learnt. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Ayivu MP Constructs Sh300 MIllion Hospital - THE Ayivu County MP, Margaret Angufiru, has constructed a health center worth sh300m. The health center located in Oluko sub-county, Arua district, is meant to improve the health standards of the poor people in the constituency, Angufiru said recently. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Amaechi to Build $150 Million Mega Hospital in Port Harcourt - Work has commenced on the $150 million Justice Karibi Whyte Mega Specialist Hospital in Rivers State. [AA Urbanisation]

South Africa: Soweto Gets a New Clinic - A state-of-the-art clinic, opened in Protea Glen, Soweto, on Friday, will go a long way in providing comprehensive reproductive and antenatal services to patients. [AA Urbanisation]