by Premium Times
The Abuja Minister, Bala Mohammed, has designated the General Hospital, Kuje, in Kuje Area Council, as Isolation Centre for possible Ebola-infected persons. The minister also inaugurated a 25-member committee to work out modalities for responding to the threat of Ebola virus and create awareness on the nature and symptoms of the virus. Mr. Mohammed made this known during a high powered stakeholder’s interactive forum in Abuja on Monday. He said the hospital was chosen because it would be easy for the people of Abuja to access it. He said a ward would be designated in the hospital where the Ebola patients could be quarantined and be on surveillance, among others. He said that adequate infrastructure and equipment would be put in place to manage affected persons and guard against the spread of the virus. “All precautionary measures have been put in place to ensure that the designation of the ward will not endanger the health workers and residents of Kuje,” he said. However, the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Shabal Tete, said the designation of the hospital as Ebola centre was not a welcome development to the people of the area. According to him, this was because most of the people are “illiterate.” The minister instructed the chairman of the council to sensitise his constituents, rather than preventing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Administration from using the hospital. “The hospital is the only option for us to isolate as a centre for Ebola patients; Gwagwalada hospital that is for
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