From Bisi Olaniyi, Southsouth Bureau Chief
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, on Thursday inaugurated the 300-bed isolation and treatment centre, at the Stella Obasanjo Hospital and the third Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) molecular laboratory, at the Edo Specialist Hospital, both in Benin, the Edo State capital.
The centre was built by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
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He hailed Obaseki government’s data-driven and robust response to the coronavirus pandemic.
With the new isolation facility, Edo State now has over 600-bed capacity holding and isolation centres, spread across different health facilities in Benin, Auchi and Irrua.
The minister said: “I am here (at Stella Obasanjo Hospital, Benin) to access the level of preparedness of the Edo State government in the fight against COVID-19. This is the most significant health challenge of this generation, as it has affected over 213 countries.
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