The construction of a national isolation centre in Tamale is
yet to take place weeks after the Ghana Health Service announced it
will set up three centers to accommodate Ebola patients in case of an outbreak.
The isolation centers which will be set aside for accommodating and handling
Ebola patients are part of strategies government has put in place to fight the
Ebola scourge. The site allocated for the construction of the center at the
Tamale Teaching hospital
is still lying bare without any structure. The Deputy Director of Public Health
of the Northern Regional Health Directorate, Dr. Jacob Mahama in an interview,
revealed that the facility’s progress was hinged upon National Security’s
efforts to get the facility ready. Upon completion, the three national
isolation centers are expected to be fitted with technical and personal
protective equipments (PPE’s) to deal with the situation in the instance
of an outbreak. Two of the same facilities are being constructed in
Tema and Accra to serve the same purpose. A holding room which has also been
designated to accommodate and handle Ebola patients till results are
known has only ten beds available. The Ebola virus has ravaged West
African countries like Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and very recently Senegal.
It has claimed over 1,500 lives and has affected over 3,000people since its
outbreak in March.
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