COVID-19: MAKINDE CONDUCTS INSPECTION OF ISOLATION FACILITY

By Admin

Monday evening, Gov. Seyi Makinde visited Agbami Isolation Centre at Jericho Chest Hospital to inspect the facility.


During the visit, he stated that since the identification of the Ekiti case on the 18th of March, 2020, the Oyo State Government  has ramped up its preparation for any possible outbreak of the pandemic.

The Governor added that the State Government is collaborating with the College Of Medicine to set up two (2) diagnostic centres at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, which will begin operations by the end of the week after validation from the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC).

He made it known that as a result of the newly designated Isolation Centre at Olodo which can accommodate one hundred (100) Isolation beds, the five (5) already established isolation centres have been reduced to three (3) which are:

Four-bed (4) Isolation Centre at Ladoke Akintola Teaching Hospital, (LAUTECH) Ogbomosho.

Ten-bed (10) Isolation Centre at Jericho Chest Hospital, Ibadan.

And four-bed (4) Isolation Centre at University College Hospital, (UCH)  Ibadan.

The Governor added that the Emergency Operating Centres have commenced 24-hour operations.

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