International Design Team Selected for Nigerian Hospital - Calabar, Nigeria

An International Design team has been selected to do a feasibility study and build a world class Nigerian Hospital in Calabar, Nigeria. The team includes Rees Associates, Inc., OMMA Healthcare, LLC and SYMX Corp. The initial design conceptualizes a 150 bed, 250,000 square foot Acute Care Hospital worth approximately $50 million in construction costs. Governor Liyel Imooke described the selection as an important day to commence the realization of the state’s vision of providing an affordable health care delivery services to its citizenry.

The Governor explained that the state took time to identify competent partners that share its vision based on its competence and capacity.
In partnership with OMMA Healthcare, acting as the developmental entity, REES was able to plan, program, and design a highly efficient and functional U.S. standard hospital that simultaneously addresses the immediate healthcare needs of the people of Nigeria while allowing for future growth.

REES Vice President and Healthcare Leader Stephen Lawson, AIA, LEED AP says “Our team is looking forward to applying our 34 years of healthcare planning to provide the people of Nigeria with a new state-of-the-art hospital. We are proud to be given such an important opportunity that will increase the level of healthcare delivered in the region.”
"We are delighted to bring together this highly experienced team of healthcare professionals to develop a modern, state-of-the-art hospital in Calabar. This project helps to further strengthen the positive working relationship between Nigeria and the United States, while at the same time taking a major step forward in bringing high quality medical care to Nigerian families," says OMMA President Lynn Brown