Ghana Infectious Disease Centre

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Ghana Infectious Disease Centre (GIDC) is a centre built to improve the medical diagnostic and research capacity of Ghana with regard to infectious diseases. The facility was built due to the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Establishing the centre was facilitated by the Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund in collaboration with the Ghana Armed Forces at the Ga East Municipal Hospital in Accra. [1] [2] [3] The old Shai Osudoku District Hospital was also renovated into one of the infectious diseases centres in the Shai Osudoku District in Dodowa. This shares a boundary with the Shai Osudoku District Health Directorate. The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, inspected the centre on 30 October 2020 [4]

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History

Ghana Infectious Disease Centre was commissioned by Vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia on 24 July 2020. He stated a sum of US$7.5 million was used to launch the centre. [5] It was established as Ghana's leading national public health institute.[ citation needed ]

Organisation

According to Mahamudu Bawumia, "The world-class 100-bed facility was constructed by a team of 536 men and women working 24 hours a day. Persons who worked tirelessly to build the centre in a bid to support government’s fight and management of COVID-19 in Ghana." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ghana Infectious Disease Centre connected to national electricity grid". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  2. ↑ "COVID-19: Government to begin construction of 88 district hospitals this year – Nana Addo". Ministry Of Health. 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  3. ↑ "Bawumia commissions 100-bed infectious disease centre sponsored by Ghana Covid-19 Private Sector Fund". MyJoyOnline.com. 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
  4. ↑ "President Akufo-Addo Inspects Dodowa Infectious Disease Treatment Centre | Politics GhanaToday". GhanaToday. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "Ghana Infectious Disease Centre connected to national electricity grid". Ghanaweb. July 30, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.


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