Projects · Gaborone, Botswana · 5 October 2019

Planning the foundations of care at Sidilega

AVOMA Group contributed clinical layout planning, technical specifications and procurement preparation to the development of Sidilega Private Hospital, a 110-bed multi-specialty facility in Gaborone.

Clinical care bays at Sidilega Private Hospital

Clinical spaces at Sidilega Private Hospital, Gaborone. Photograph: AVOMA Group.

From clinical requirements to a practical plan

A hospital needs more than equipment. Its departments, patient routes and supporting infrastructure must work together. At Sidilega, our consulting and medical engineering team helped translate the hospital’s clinical requirements into plans for its physical spaces and equipment.

Our contribution

Clinical layout planning: helping organise departmental spaces and patient workflows.
Technical specifications and quantities: preparing equipment and material requirements to support the project’s bill of quantities and budgeting.
Procurement preparation: establishing requirements and processes for sourcing specialised medical equipment.
Infrastructure coordination: aligning equipment requirements with the services needed in surgical, diagnostic and critical care environments.

Designing around the equipment

Medical equipment places specific demands on the spaces around it. Planning for surgical suites involves ventilation, medical gases and equipment positioning. Imaging departments require attention to shielding, electrical supply and structural requirements, while critical care areas depend on coordinated power, monitoring and environmental services.

Considering these needs during design and specification helps connect the clinical brief with the practical requirements of installation and operation.

Inside the project

Explore a selection of imaging and care spaces. Select an image to enlarge it.

Expertise that connects the project

At Sidilega, we connected healthcare planning with medical technology expertise. Our contribution helped define the facility’s requirements and prepare the route from specification to procurement.

Explore Avoma Strategy for healthcare planning and development, and Avoma Life for medical technology and support.

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Medical imaging

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Renal therapy

Cardiology & monitoring

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