COVID-19: FG commissions Thisday Dome isolation centre
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on coronavirus, otherwise referred to as COVID-19, has inaugurated THISDAY Dome in Abuja as an isolation centre.
Speaking during the commissioning of the facility in Abuja on Tuesday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, said that the pandemic has brought a reawakening to both government and the private sector to collaborate in the injection of a much-needed investment into the country’s health care system.
He therefore, called on the private sector to collaborate with government in the fight against the pandemic.
He lamented that COVID-19 had totally overwhelmed even the best of health systems in the world, describing it as a powerful notice to developing nations to wake up.
“Today, we are witnessing the realisation of the synergy with the commissioning of this facility, which is designed to accommodate 300 beds and is scalable to 500.
“The speed and commitment demonstrated by the partners that developed this infrastructure is a call to other private sector entities to also get involved in the development of public interest facilities.
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“The PTF advocates strongly that lessons to be drawn from COVID-19 should therefore revolve around development, future planning, consensus building, collaboration and partnerships. Government cannot always do it alone. We must all be involved,” Mustapha said.
He also expressed happiness that the centre is one of the facilities which was capable of providing care for persons living with disabilities who might get infected with coronavirus in addition to an intensive care unit for the treatment of the most severe cases of COVID 19 cases.
The facility which was donated by Nduka Obaigbena, publisher of THISDAY newspaper, to support the fight against COVID-19 is equipped with an ICU centre complete with ventilators, X-ray and dialysis, 54 gene testing mobile laboratory complete with re-agents with a scalable 200-1000 tests per day.
