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1200 bed capacity COVID-19 treatment facility at Namboole Stadium to be opened

William Kasoba by William Kasoba
August 25, 2020
in Health
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As Uganda is experience a surge in COVID-19 infections, the ministry of health is set to officially open the new COVID-19 treatment facility at Namboole Stadium next week.

The Director of Clinical Services in the Ministry of Health Dr Charles Olaro says 1200 bed capacity facility preparations have been finalized and ready to take on the task of handling COVID-19 patients.

Dr Charles Olaro.

Dr Olaro says the health ministry is strengthening and renewing efforts to curb increasing trends of COVID-19 in Kampala.

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