The government of Korea is
supporting Ghana with $423, 000 to construct an Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in
Tamale in the Northern Region, the second to be established in Ghana.
The centre, expected to be completed
within 12 weeks, is to improve the Ebola emergency referral system and people’s
access to the isolation centre in the five regions of the north, which shares
borders with Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo.
Ghana’s first Ebola Centre is
situated in Tema, in the Greater Accra Region.
Woon-Ki Lyeo, Korean Ambassador to
Ghana, has therefore signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the
government for the establishment of the Centre.
Dr Kwaku Agyemang Mensah, Ghana’s
Health Minister, signed on behalf of the government at a ceremony in Accra on
Monday.
Mr Lyeo said the Ebola outbreak in
the sub-region was unpredictable and hence the fight against the disease should
be through the concerted efforts of people in West Africa.
“Korea as a donor country
acknowledges our obligation to also contribute to this international fight.
Through the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Government has donated four
million US dollars to the affected countries as well as other West African
countries”.
Mr Lyeo said by the establishment of
the second Ebola centre in the country, Ghana could now adequately address earlier
concerns of the lack of functional ETCs, the absence of which could lead to the
escalation of the epidemic that would be hard to contain.
He commended Ghana for the swift
effort at ensuring adequate preparedness in the fight against Ebola by the formation
of Inter-Ministerial Chairing Committee and the Ghana Ebola Response Plan.
After the completion of the centre,
it would be handed over to the Tamale Teaching Hospital. In the long run, it
would serve as a treatment centre for infectious diseases such as meningitis or
cholera, Mr Lyeo said.
Dr Agyemang-Mensah said as part of
the national response towards Ebola, Ghana was embarking on major activities
such as public education, screening and effective case management, and as such,
training of frontline managers and the provision of treatment centres at
strategic location had become government’s priority.
He said with Ghana taking a
centre-stage in the fight of Ebola, the country was at a higher risk and,
therefore, the need for adequate preparation to fight it.
According to him, the 48 Engineer
Regiment of Ghana Armed Forces is constructing the 16-bed Tamale Ebola Centre
with double-layer fences as prescribed by the WHO and separate wards for
patients who were in critical conditions and those recovering.
The
government of Korea is supporting Ghana with $423, 000 to construct an
Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Tamale in the Northern Region, the
second to be established in Ghana.
The centre, expected to be completed within 12 weeks, is to improve
the Ebola emergency referral system and people’s access to the isolation
centre in the five regions of the north, which shares borders with
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Togo.
Ghana’s first Ebola Centre is situated in Tema, in the Greater Accra Region.
Woon-Ki
Lyeo, Korean Ambassador to Ghana, has therefore signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the government for the establishment of the
Centre.
Dr Kwaku Agyemang Mensah, Ghana’s Health Minister, signed on behalf of the government at a ceremony in Accra on Monday.
Mr Lyeo said the Ebola outbreak in the sub-region was unpredictable
and hence the fight against the disease should be through the concerted
efforts of people in West Africa.
“Korea as a donor country acknowledges our obligation to also
contribute to this international fight. Through the World Health
Organisation (WHO), the Government has donated four million US dollars
to the affected countries as well as other West African countries”.
Mr Lyeo said by the establishment of the second Ebola centre in the
country, Ghana could now adequately address earlier concerns of the lack
of functional ETCs, the absence of which could lead to the escalation
of the epidemic that would be hard to contain.
He commended Ghana for the swift effort at ensuring adequate
preparedness in the fight against Ebola by the formation of
Inter-Ministerial Chairing Committee and the Ghana Ebola Response Plan.
After the completion of the centre, it would be handed over to the
Tamale Teaching Hospital. In the long run, it would serve as a treatment
centre for infectious diseases such as meningitis or cholera, Mr Lyeo
said.
Dr Agyemang-Mensah said as part of the national response towards
Ebola, Ghana was embarking on major activities such as public education,
screening and effective case management, and as such, training of
frontline managers and the provision of treatment centres at strategic
location had become government’s priority.
He said with Ghana taking a centre-stage in the fight of Ebola, the
country was at a higher risk and, therefore, the need for adequate
preparation to fight it.
According to him, the 48 Engineer Regiment of Ghana Armed Forces is
constructing the 16-bed Tamale Ebola Centre with double-layer fences as
prescribed by the WHO and separate wards for patients who were in
critical conditions and those recovering.
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