The construction of the government’s infectious disease centre, which is located next to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre, has been completed, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) has announced on its website.
The project was carried out in two phases, i.e., the building’s pile foundation work and superstructure.
The pile foundation work got off the ground in late 2018 and was completed in late 2020. Afterwards, the construction of the infectious disease building’s superstructure started in early 2021.
The Public Works Bureau announced on its website on Monday that the building’s superstructure has now been completed.
This means that the construction of the infectious disease building has been completed. However, the date of its operational start is yet to be announced by the Health Bureau (SSM).
The building’s pile foundation work was carried out by China Road and Bridge Corporation for 109.86 million patacas, while its superstructure work was carried out by Ming Shun Construction and Property Investment Limited for 956 million patacas.
Consequently, the whole construction of the infectious disease building cost around 1.06 billion patacas.
The infectious disease centre is officially known as Public Health Building – which is the first-phase extension of the adjacent public hospital.
According to the DSOP website, the site where the infectious disease centre is located covers about 5,700 square metres. The 35.6-metre-high building with eight storeys has a gross floor area of 31,000 square metres.
The Public Health Building has 80 isolation wards, as well as a laboratory, operating theatres, observation rooms, X-ray rooms, and computed tomography (CT) rooms, according to the website.
The DSOP website says that the infectious disease centre has been built in line with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) standards for infectious disease prevention and treatment.
A footbridge and an underground tunnel have been built to connect the new Public Health Building with the adjacent public hospital.
This handout photo downloaded from the Public Works Bureau’s (DSOP) website yesterday shows the newly completed Public Health Building earlier this month.
