CACOVID Donates Incinerator,Oxygen Cylinders  To LASG

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COVID-19: CACOVID donates Incinerator, 260 Oxygen cylinder to LASG –  WorldStage
The private sector Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID), has  donated  260 medical oxygen gas cylinder and newly purchased Incinerator to Yaba Isolation centre in Lagos.
Speaking  at the commissioning of the Incinerator and presentation of gas cylinder to Lagos state government, Managing Director and CEO of Aliko Dangote Foundation, who doubles as an administrator of CACOVID, Zouera Youssoufou said, though a total number of 260 gas cylinder of different sizes were donated to the Lagos State government including incinerator, for now, CACOVID will do more to assist the LASG and other states across the country to ensure that the fight against the deadly coronavirus is finally won.
 She  noted that the incineration can be moved from one centre to another and it can serve the whole isolation centres in the State.
Appreciating the gesture, Commissioner for Health for Lagos State, Dr Akinola Abayomi commended the prompt intervention of the CACOVID,adding that they  showed up at a time oxygen cylinders were so hard to find .
He noted that CACOVID has always come to the support of the government. On the demand for Oxygen, he said that “Our demand  has not exceeded our supply”, saying that the logistics behind oxygen is quite complex and sophisticated. He noted that Lagos State is building capacity, adding that “Building our oxygen logistics and we are about to commission a new oxygen plant in Gbagada.”
He also pointed out the waste that comes out of the isolation, the centre is biomedical waste, which is toxic to human, saying that the incinerator will reduce its potential risk on the community and this can be used for the next 50 years.
Chairman of African Industries Group, Mr Raj Gupta promised that his company will continue to provide oxygen free of charge to all the states across the country, through CACOVID. He said: “We will continue to support Nigeria with oxygen for free for as long as this is required. No Covid patient in any public hospital or isolation centre should have to pay for oxygen.”
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