The Tappita Hospital is another major aid project undertaken by the Chinese government under the 8 policy measures announced by Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in November 2006. The hospital location was chosen by the Liberian government headed by Madam President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The construction work took 16 months starting from March 2009 to July 2010.

A Nightview of the Tappita Hospital

The project covers an area of 22,540 ㎡with a total floor space of 7,200 ㎡. It consists of an outpatient building, an in-patient building which accommodates 100 sickbeds, an imaging and radiology building and an administrative building which are all linked together by corridors. The auxiliary facilities include 6 apartments for doctors, a generator house holding two 500 KV generators, a water-pumping house, sewage and waste treatment workshops, security rooms, maintenance rooms, a mortuary and etc. The project was designed to be a comprehensive and referral hospital with departments of internal medicine, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, ENT, emergency and etc. The hospital is equipped with 171 different kinds of modern medical equipment including items like a CT scanner which is the first and only one in Liberia, a color ultrasound system, a fiber gastro scope, infant incubators, an ambulance and etc.

An overview of the Hospital

The Chinese government is ready to provide training for doctors, nurses and managerial personnel in China and send experts to Liberia to train local technicians for maintenance of the equipment provided by China.

If it is well managed, the hospital can greatly improve the medical services for the people in southeastern part of Liberia.

A frontview of the Hospital

One of the three Expert Living Buildings

Landscaping within the Hospital Compound

A partial View of the Facilities

Compound Fence and Security Booth

Hospital Lounge

A Look Inside of the Building

The first CT Machine in Liberia

Chin-aided Medical Equipments