Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday commissioned a 118-bed isolation and treatment centre within the Gbagada General Hospital.
The isolation facility adds to the number of treatment facilities the state has, increasing the capacity for managing COVID-19 in the state.
This brings the total number of isolation and treatment centres to five in Lagos, while the state has a bed-capacity of 558. Lagos also has a 100-bed Isolation and Treatment Centre at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba and another 60-bed capacity at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital . Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Health in the state, Akin Abayomi, said at a press conference in April that plans to have more bed-capacity are in view.
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