On Tuesday, May 12, the minister of federal capital territory (FCT), Mohammed Musa Bello, inaugurated the 506-bed Idu Isolation and Treatment Centre for COVID-19 patients in Abuja.
Aliyu Modibbo Umar, chairman of the ministerial expert advisory committee, said his team mobilised human, financial and material resources to support the FCT administration in setting up the centre.
The centre is equipped with recreational facilities, including a table tennis equipment, to cater for the mental health of patients.
Key donors to the project are:
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- Julius Berger — 150 equipped beds
- Aisha Buhari — 100 equipped beds
- Polaris Bank — 100 beds and accessories
- Fola Adeola/FATE Foundation — 50 beds and accessories
- CCECC — assembled and fixed all toilet and cooling facilities.
- Abuja Electrical Distribution Company (AEDC) — electrical fittings and wiring
- HIS towers — ventilators
- Aliyu Modibbo Umar and Mohammed Jibril — 258 flat screen TV sets
- Salini Nigeria Ltd, HITS Furniture Ltd, Yaliam Press, and Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed all contributed.
Umar said the 28-member committee was broken into four sub-committees comprising medical, logistics, resource mobilisation and public affairs and media.
Everyone, including the co-opted volunteers and experts, worked pro-bono.
“Their reward is the pleasure of having to serve Abuja, the city they all love and cherish,” he said.
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Bello expressed his appreciation to the companies and individuals that contributed to the project.
THE FACILITIES
- 4-storey building
- Onsite call rooms for health workers
- 506 of bed spaces
- Trained health care workers
- Ventilators ambulances available 24/7
- Air-conditioned rooms
- 24 hours security
- Showers and toilet
- Refrigerators
- 24 hours hours power supply
- TV and cable
- Donning and doffing areas
- Incinerator
- Strategic location for Abuja outskirts
- Catering
- Mobile x-rays and ultrasound machines
- CCTV
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