Adeyinka Adeniji 
The New Massey Children Hospital being constructed by the Lagos State government will outlive generations when it is completed.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said this yesterday when he led a team of state officials on an on-site inspection of the project.
The governor said the sevenstorey paediatric hospital sited on Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island, would be the biggest children hospital in Africa’s sub-Saharan region, stressing that the scope and quality of the construction work with the ancillary facilities would make the edifice last for centuries.
Governor Sanwo-Olu performed the ground breaking for the project in April 2021 with the construction fully commenced in 2022.
The new edifice, when completed, will replace the current 100-year-old Massey Hospital established in 1914 by the colonial masters. The old 85-bed facility is currently experiencing operational inadequacies, struggling to meet the care demands of children due to an increasing number of patients it receives daily.
The pressure on the hospital prompted the state government’s move to upgrade the facility to meet the needs of the residents. The new Massey Children Hospital will operate on an Independent Power Plant (IPP) and has a 10-floor multilevel car park.
