The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Health yesterday turned the sod for the construction of a modern hospital at Kato in Region 8.
President Irfaan Ali during the ceremony stated that the new hospital will be built on 57,000 square feet of land and will cost almost 6 billion dollars.
He added that modern living quarters will also be added which will be built to the tune of $200 million for the doctors and nurses who will be serving the hospital.