Oyo Receives N250 Million CACOVID Support

Governor of Oyo State, En­gineer Seyi Makinde, has de­clared his readiness to turn around the standard of the 100-bed isolation and treat­ment Centre in Saki, Oke Ogun part of the state.

A statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that Governor Ma­kinde gave this assurance while receiving support of medical equipment worth N220 million from the Co­alition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), a private sector initiative supporting Federal Government and state gov­ernments in fight against COVID-19.

The governor, who was rep­resented by his deputy, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, said that when completed, the treat­ment and isolation facility in Saki will be an improvement on the one existing in Olodo, Ibadan.

CACOVID had earlier promised the state N220 mil­lion worth of medical equip­ment and a cash gift of N30 million.

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The private sector-driven CACOVID, the statement said, is in partnership with First Bank of Nigeria.

According to the state­ment, some of the equipment donated to the state gov­ernment include, lead ECG electrode, heavy duty apron, autoclave, auto syringe pump, biohazard bag, blood warmer, centrifuge (refrigerator), de­fibrillators (AED) and porta­ble ultrasound imaging.

Others are mobile digital x-ray unit, face shield, protec­tive goggles, hospital gowns, oxygen cylinders, wheel­chairs, oxygen concentrator, oxygen regulators, nebuliser, kidney dish, patient multipa­rameter monitor, stretcher and suction devices, among others.

The governor explained that the Saki isolation centre to be completed and commis­sioned soon, will be for both treatment and research, add­ing that the facility will have provisions for observatory, isolation and treatment sec­tions.

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He appreciated the CA­COVID team for the initia­tive and donations, assuring that all the facilities are to be deployed to the Saki isolation centre, because of the peculiar­ities of the axis, which shares a border with neighbouring West African countries.

He said “The Saki Isolation Centre is going to be three-in-one. It will have what you call an observatory, isolation and treatment centre.

“The reason we need to have an observatory is be­cause Saki is a border town and many people come in from different parts of the West African states, especial­ly Burkina Faso and Benin Re­public, they come in through that area.

“So, when patients come in, what we do is to create an observatory. An observatory is not available in Olodo as I speak. So, Saki is the only one that will have an observatory, an isolation and a treatment centre.

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“What that means is that the bed capacity of Saki ideal­ly should be more than that of Olodo. Saki already has a hun­dred capacity bed, divided into Intensive Care Unit (10), High Dependency Unit (20), general male and female ward (70).

“But because we want to add an observatory, where patients who come in with no symptoms but have had a con­tact and may be worried that they may have contracted the infection. What we need to do is to bring them to the obser­vatory, take their samples and within 48 hours get the result and decide whether they will get into isolation or go home.

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