FG Commissions Infectious Disease Centre in UATH
The Federal Government on Friday commissioned and subsequently handed over the Infectious Disease Care Centre built and equipped by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to the management of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada.
The Centre has now been mandated to increase the nation's capacity to manage cases of infectious diseases and al respond to outbreaks.
Other facilities commissioned in the hospital by the Federal Government include – the Accident and Emergency Unit, which is a 32-bed Unit with an intensive care unit (ICU), radiology suite, dialysis unit, fully equipped dedicated operating theatre and oxygen supply; and the Cardiology Unit with a full complement of facilities for non-invasive procedures including a state-of-the-art 4D...