INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE

Location: Accra, Ghana
Size: 400,000 square feet
Project: New Construction

Role: Healthcare Design Consultant employed by Jeffrey Berman Architect

The Wish4Life Foundation is building a 100-bed children’s cancer center outside of Accra in Ghana. The standard of care and the scientific medical models are based on the systems and protocols of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. The Foundation selected Sir David Adjaye as the building architect for the site design, the core and shell of the hospital, and the campus planning for a modern, world-class, contextually appropriate building for the site in Ghana. The Foundation selected Jeffrey Berman Architect as the hospital and medical planner to program, plan, and design the hospital within the signature building.

Situated on a 55-acre campus, the 400,000-square-foot hospital features staff housing, family housing for outpatients, utility buildings, and a chapel. The hospital includes a complete complement of all the oncology, diagnostic, and treatment modalities used at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and the other world-class cancer centers. Departments include Radiology, Surgery, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Pharmacy, Pharmacy, and laboratories for pathology, microbiology, chemistry, hematology, genomics, and personalized medicine. Other resources and programs in the building include an urgent care facility, an ambulatory outpatient practice suite, a large conference center, a cafeteria and food service program for  hospital patients, staff, and families on the site

The programming and planning of the hospital centered on modern Western standards of care for the medical facilities while being mindful and reflective of local African cultures. The goal is to build a modern hospital to serve the children of Ghana and western Africa on a large rural site to become a world-class institution able to draw staff and patients from around the world.