Dr Ahmadou Lamin Samateh has disclosed that the Ministry of Health will launch an emergency treatment centre with hundred beds in Farato.
He disclosed this prior laying the foundation stone for the construction of a clinical waste treatment centre in Farato Farm in Kombo South settlement in West Coast Region.
“So, from now onwards, after this project, in the next few months, we will come and do another launching which will be the construction of the emergency treatment centre of 100 beds in Farato, very soon,” he said.
‘We want to tell you that, Farato is becoming a hub, this is just the start. This is the beginning of a big project in Farato. The entire complex has been given to the Ministry of Health to develop. The new national reference laboratory of the Gambia is going to be on this land, [and] the new national blood bank for this country is also going to be on this land again, very soon. And to cap it all, this plot is what is going to host the new Teaching Hospital of the Republic of The Gambia,” he added.
According to him, the settlement will be a very busy town in future, because it will attract people from all over The Gambia for medical services that are not available in any part of the country. He added that the settlement will also play host to the new national reference laboratory and a national blood bank the country plans to construct soon.
The laying of the foundation stone for the construction of the clinical waste treatment plant in Farato which is funded by the World Bank is expected to complete in four months. The site for the construction of the facility is Farato Farm, formerly under former President Jammeh, but now given to the Ministry of Health to develop.
