LAGOS TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION OF WORLD CLASS MEDICAL PARKu

…Facility To Accommodate Clinic, Theatre, Hotel,

Helipad, Others

…Project Ready In 20 Months, Says Commissioner

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday

announced plans to commence the construction of

world class Medical Park under a Public Private

Partnership (PPP) arrangement, just as it

restated its commitment to improve healthcare

experience and promote medical tourism and

excellent healthcare services of international

standard in the State.

The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide

Idris who disclosed this while briefing Government

House Correspondents after the weekly State

Executive Council Meeting, said the project has

already been awarded to MEDIPARK International

Limited Consortium which comprises of MEDIPARK

International Limited, Cleveland Clinics Ohio USA,

St. Barnabas Healthcare System New Jersey and

American Hospital Management Company

Washington DC.

Idris, who briefed journalists alongside the

Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr.

Steve Ayorinde and Commissioner for Physical

Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Wasiu

Anifowose, said the project would be completed in

20 months, and that it would gulp about N49

billion, while the State Government would only

provide the land and the market.

Idris recalled that the State Government had last

year placed adverts in national dailies for

Expressions of Interest for a development of a

Medical Park aimed at ensuring qualitative

healthcare delivery to Lagosians.

He said 16 companies/consortiums responded to

the advertisement, after which an Evaluation

Committee was set up in line with State

procurement guidelines with individuals

comprising both statutorily mandated members

and officers invited to lend technical depth to the

exercise.

“It gives me great pleasure to announce that

after the receipt of a Certificate of Compliance

from the State Public Procurement Agency and a

final presentation today to the Executive Council

of Lagos State, Approval has been given to

MEDIPARK International Limited Consortium which

comprises of MEDIPARK International Limited,

Cleveland Clinics Ohio USA, St. Barnabas

Healthcare System New Jersey and American

Hospital Management Company Washington DC to

be the developer to construct manage and

operate a Medical Park. It is a joint venture

arrangement with Ibile Holdings Ltd,” Idris said.

He said the Medical Park would be sited at the

former Lagos State School of Nursing site,

spanning over two hectares expanse of land along

Awolowo Road, Ikoyi and will serve as a one stop

shopping medical experience offering spaces to

primary care physicians alongside in-house

specialists as well as ancillary services providing

a full spectrum of excellent quality high

technology cutting – edge medical and diagnostic

services to cater for general and specialty

medical services tailored to meet the medical

needs of Lagosians and Nigerians at large.

The facility, Idris said would comprise of a

central management area, clinic complex, theatre

complex and procedure rooms, ward complex,

conference and seminar complex medical goods

and lifestyle shopping centre, stress management

and lifestyle improvement unit, data cabling/

integrated IT system, structured landscaping,

residential accommodation, staff quarters, hotel,

emergency and ambulance service, trauma unit,

helipad amongst other things.

He also said that the facility which will be built

under the Public Private Partnership (PPP)

initiative was a milestone in healthcare delivery

aimed at reducing medical tourism abroad.

Speaking on the yardstick used in selecting

MEDIPARK International, Idris said: “You see, 16

companies started the expression of interest. The

first step was just to assess their capabilities

and we now narrowed them down to 7 companies

which later presented proper proposals on the

terms of reference we gave them. Based on the

assessment of experts, the list was further

pruned down to three and later, we arrived at

the one which was finally awarded the project.

“The ultimate goal is that we as a Government

believe that health is wealth and there is no

amount of investment in the healthcare sector,

that can be too much for the good people of this

State because the progress of the state in all

ramifications is paramount to us,” the

Commissioner said.