Agency Distributes and Installs Machines for COVID-19 Treatment Centres
The Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency began the distribution and installation of laboratory, CBC and Chemistry machines required to conduct blood test for COVID-19 patients, announced Storage Management Expert, Mizan G/Yohannes on May 22, 2020.
The expert further stated that a total of nine machines were distributed to the millennium hall makeshift treatment centre in Addis Ababa; Mojo, Bekoji, Moyale and Bale Robe hospitals in Oromia regional state and Humera, Axum, Adigrat and Meles Academy hospitals in Tigray regional state.
Mizan revealed that the Cobas C 311 laboratory machine installed at the Mojo primary hospital has gone operational after 400 thousand birr worth of reagents were handed over.
The expert explained that the medical equipment helps conduct liver, kidney, diabetes and other tests.