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AFRICA
THE SUSTAINABILITY OF HOSPITAL BUILDINGS IN ANGOLA
MOTA-ENGIL ANGOLA DEVELOPS AN EXEMPLARY PROJECT AT THE NEW CABINDA GENERAL HOSPITAL
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This project is highly relevant to the company's history and symbolizes the strong ties of mutual trust between Mota-
Engil and Angola.
T he 1st phase of the Cabinda General Hospital, located in Chibodo, Cabinda province,
will have as its main function to provide the population with proper full medical assistance, preventive and curative, as well as to respond to requests for specialised services in order to avoid transferring patients to other locations in the country and abroad.
Characterised as a modern project stemming from the advances in medicine in terms of procedures to meet the needs of the population, the future hospital
will have capacity for 110 inpatient beds (1st phase), including areas of imaging, internal medicine service, paediatrics, surgery, gynaecology and obstetrics, intensive-care unit, emergency room, physiotherapy and morgue.
The construction is done in a lot of about five hectares, and includes all road infrastructure, emergency power, water supply, drainage and hospital building
consisting of nine suitably equipped floors.
Applying the most modern design
and construction expertise, the Cabinda General Hospital project sought to ensure the incorporation of sustainable practices, favouring a better economic and social efficiency.
The organisation and equipping of spaces, the creation of optimised working environments for doctors, nurses and assistants, as well as the creation of environments suitable for isolation / hospitalisation of patients in relation
to the outer space, provides them with greater peace of mind about their state of health, improving comfort and providing a better recovery.
The construction itself is committed to reducing the environmental impact by prioritising the use of materials coming from local production and extraction, the reuse of materials, the recycling and
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