PLATEAU GOVERNOR INSPECTS COVID-19 ISOLATION FACILITIES


GOVERNOR SIMON BAKO LALONG OF PLATEAU STATE HAS UNDERTAKEN A VISIT TO ISOLATION FACILITIES IN JOS TO ASCERTAIN THEIR PREPAREDNESS IN HANDLING CORONA VIRUS CASES IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFIRMED INCIDENT.

GOVERNOR LALONG BEGAN HIS INSPECTION VISIT TO THE JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL (JUTH) WHERE HE WAS RECEIVED BY THE CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR, PROF. EDWARD BANWAT WHO TOOK HIM ROUND THE FACILITIES.
HE FIRST INSPECTED THE LABORATORY FOR PRODUCTION OF HAND SANITIZERS AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE STATE AND BEYOND.

AT THE ISOLATION UNIT, HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE FACILITY HAS CAPACITY FOR 20 PATIENTS AT A TIME WITH ROOM FOR EXPANSION. HOWEVER THE FACILITY HAS ONLY TWO RESPIRATORS WHICH ARE GROSSLY INADEQUATE.

GOVERNOR LALONG ALSO VISITED THE PLATEAU PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY CENTRE LOCATED AT LUGARD ROAD, JOS WHERE HE WAS SHOWN THE TRACKING CAPACITY COVERING THE 17 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF THE STATE.
AT THE BINGHAM UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL JOS, HE WAS TAKEN ROUND BY THE CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR PROF. EDWIN ISIEGBE WHO SAID THE CENTRE HAS A CAPACITY FOR 10 PATIENTS AND IS IN NEED OF EQUIPMENT AND CONSUMABLES SUCH AS VENTIVALORS, RESPIRATORS.

AT THE PLATEAU SPECIALIST HOSPITAL JOS WHICH IS THE THIRD DESIGNATED ISOLATION FACILITY FOR THE TREATMENT OF CORONA VIRUS IN THE STATE, GOVERNOR LALONG WAS RECIEVED BY THE CHIEF MEDICAL DIRECTOR DR. PHILEMON GOLWA WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE FACILITY HAS CAPACITY FOR 20 BEDS WITH ROOM FOR EXPANSION.

THE GOVERNOR HOWEVER APPEALED TO THE CITIZENS OF PLATEAU STATE TO COOPERATE WITH THE DIRECTIVES OF GOVERNMENT AND RELATING TO BAN ON LARGE GATHERINGS AND CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PERSONAL HYGIENE AND CONTACT.

HE WARNED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT HESITATE TO DEAL DECISIVELY WITH ANYBODY WHO VIOLATES THE DIRECTIVES OF GOVERNMENT AIMED AT PROTECTING THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE FROM THE DREADED DISEASE.

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