WORK on an Isolation centre for Ebola at the Tema General Hospital is progressing steadily.
The 11 bed facility when completed the facility will have holding rooms for any anticipated Ebola case. Work is expected to be completed in on September 8 this year.
When the Daily Graphic visited the construction site, the contractor had laid blocks and erected a specialized tent while artisans were busily fixing other installations to get the project ready.
The foreman at the site who would not give out his name was optimistic that the deadline will be met. He added further that they have been working to meet the target.
The Tema General Hospital is one of three centres earmarked as Ebola isolation centres in the country. It will serve the southern sector, while the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi will handle cases for the middle belt and the Tamale Teaching Hospital for the northern sector.
With the scare of the Ebola epidemic becoming heightened, many have raised concern over the preparedness of the various health facilities to handle any suspected case.
According to the World Health Organization, as of August 26 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the four countries stands at 3069, including 1552 deaths.
The WHO said gave the distribution and classification of the cases as follows: Guinea, 647 cases (482 confirmed, 141 probable, and 25 suspected), including 430 deaths; Liberia, 1378 cases (322 confirmed, 674 probable, and 382 suspected), including 694 deaths; Nigeria, 17 cases (13 confirmed, 1 probable, and 3 suspected), including 6 deaths; and Sierra Leone, 1026 cases (935 confirmed, 37 probable, and 54 suspected), including 422 deaths.
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