The World Health Organization (WHO), has donated two mini COVID-19 laboratories to the Plateau state government.
Handing over the facilities on Saturday, the Coordinator of WHO in the state, Dr. Musa Mahdi expressed confidence in the state’s ability to uphold the current standards of the facilities.
Mahdi, who was represented by Dr Andrew Abiodun, said that the labs would enhance access to quality healthcare services by people in the state.
Responding, the Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Cletus Bako thanked the donors for the gesture.
Bako said that the laboratories would ensure proper diagnosis of medical challenges in the health facilities they are domiciled.
He added that the laboratories would go a long way toward providing improved healthcare services to the people.
The two mini laboratories donated are located in the Primary Healthcare Centers of Bukuru and Tudun Wada in Jos South and Jos North local government areas, respectively.
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which scientific or technological research, experiments, and measurements may be performed.
Laboratories are found in a variety of settings such as schools, universities, privately owned research institutions, corporate research and testing facilities, government regulatory and forensic investigation centers, physicians’ offices, clinics, hospitals, regional and national referral centers, and even occasionally personal residences.
By Blessing Odega
