The Health Ministry has admitted
that only one out of the three Ebola treatment centers is ready for use.
The Ministry however insists that
the nation is ready to handle any eventual Ebola outbreak despite the fact that
only one of the three treatment centers is complete.
“The ones for the northern and
middle zones are not ready yet but it does not mean that if we have cases in
the middle and northern zones, we will not have places to treat them or manage
them,” said the Deputy Health Minister, Dr Victor Bampoe.
A few months ago, government
announced the establishment of three Ebola treatment centers
in the southern, middle and northern belts of the country to
handle any eventuality, but only one is ready.
This is because government is yet to
locate venues for the setting up of the two other treatment centers.
Speaking to Citi News at an
Ebola training workshop for journalists organised by the Media Foundation for
West Africa (MFWA), Dr Bampoe stated that the government wants to create three
treatment centers which will be centers of excellence.
According to him, while the
government is striving to create excellent treatment centers, “we don’t want
the perfect to be the enemy of the good.”
Only one Ebola treatment center is ready – Gov’t concedes
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38The Health Ministry has admitted that only one out of the three Ebola treatment centers is ready for use.The Ministry however insists that the nation is ready to handle any eventual Ebola outbreak despite the fact that only one of the three treatment centers is complete.
“The ones for the northern and middle zones are not ready yet but it does not mean that if we have cases in the middle and northern zones, we will not have places to treat them or manage them,” said the Deputy Health Minister, Dr Victor Bampoe.
A few months ago, government announced the establishment of three Ebola treatment centers in the southern, middle and northern belts of the country to handle any eventuality, but only one is ready.
According to him, while the government is striving to create excellent treatment centers, “we don’t want the perfect to be the enemy of the good.”
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