COVID-19: Sanwo-Olu Launches 110-Bed Isolation Centre At Lagos Island In Collaboration With GTBank
Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has launched a 110-bedspace isolation centre located in Onikan Stadium, now known as Mobolaji Johnson Arena.
The facility was built by the Lagos state government in collaboration with the management of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) to combat the increasing Coronavirus cases in the state.
Our 110-bed fully equipped Onikan #COVID19 Isolation Centre in partnership with @GTBank is ready!
— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) March 28, 2020
We are excited about our private sector partners that are answering the call to assist us with visible impact. Our government will leave no stone unturned to protect our residents. pic.twitter.com/MMBk5ikWYh
Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Sanwo-Olu described the centre as a world class facility put up in just one week.
He commended the level of professionalism and level at which details were followed at putting up the facility.
The Governor commended GTBank for partnering with the state government in its efforts at halting the spread of the dreaded Coronavirus in the state and Nigeria at large.
He further stated that;
We are impressed with the speed with which all of the various contractors at multi-level had worked tirelessly to put up this structure. This is a reflection of the strong can-do-spirit of Nigerians and more importantly the brand GTB.
We thank the CEO of @Gtbank, Segun Agbaje and the management team for their effort in getting this done. We are working assiduously to stem the rate of transmission of the #COVID19 virus in the state especially from people that returned from abroad. pic.twitter.com/Or8gauuUnn
— Babajide Sanwo-Olu (@jidesanwoolu) March 28, 2020
The facility he said will complement the Isolation Centre at the Infectious Disease Hospital, (IDH), Yaba.
Also speaking was the Lagos Commissioner for health, Dr. Akin Abayomi who thanked the private sector for assisting government in this very difficult moment, describing the facility as an incredible feat that has been completed in a very short space of time.
He stated that;
The facility was completed in a very short space of time, which is the same speed with which the virus is moving; which means we are moving as fast as the virus. What this place is going to turn into is an isolation bio-security unit, so what we have to do now is create the movement flow that is going to protect the staff looking after the infected patients.
Abayomi assured that they are going to order the movement around the facility to make sure that the staff that are working in here are protected from being infected by Coronavirus.
The commissioner added that;
In the next two or three days, we are going to implement that in here so that by middle of next week, this place would become operational.
See photos from launch of the facility below;
