A second Ebola treatment centre has been inaugurated in North Kivu, one of three provinces of the DR Congo hit by a recent outbreak of the deadly virus.
With a capacity of 20 beds, the centre is aimed at improving specialist care and easing pressure on local health facilities.
“This Ebola Treatment Center is the second standardised centre to be built in our province of North Kivu,” said Prisca Luanda Kamala, Provincial Minister of Health, North Kivu Province.
“We have the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Katwa, and now this one at the Beni General Hospital. Of course, according to our plans, many more ETCs and transit centres are set to be built, and we are only just getting started. All of this is in the interests of our people, because when people fall ill, the government has a responsibility to protect its citizens.”
The city of Beni, where the new centre is located, has also recorded its first Ebola survivor, a female patient who was discharged in late June, a rare positive milestone in the country’s fight against the outbreak.
