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The Minister ofPublic Health visited the conshuctioi site in Yaormde yesterdlyJtme 19.
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conshrction site at the Yaounde Cen-
tral Hospital yesterday June 19, 2013.He \vas acconpanied by lhe Secretary of State for Health h cha-rge of Epide- mics and Pandemics, Alirn Hayatou, and the Korean Ambassador to Cane- roon, Cho June-H)ock. The purpose of the visit was lo evaluate the leyel of the AJter serious inspertion, Ardr6 Mama Fouda expressed satisfaction with the level of work done so far. The Minister said work is in the fmishing phase and he thinks that ihe deadline which was given to open the fiist National Emer- gency Centre in Cameroon by the end of this year will b€ €ffectiv€. He said that the equipment is already h place and that if everlthing goes on well, Eaining of siaff will also stad soon. He said the construction by the emergency cente is in line with instructions by ihe Head of Stata to modemise infrastruc_
tuie in order to give good care to pa-
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rients. one of the dchitects, samuel owang; said wo* is about 90 per cent done so far ard that tlle hitial cost of the project si2nds at over FCFA 2 bil- The National Ernergency Centre loca- ted in the premises of the Yaounde Central Hospital is a two-storey buil- ding equipp€d with 50 beds, a trauna
zone, emergency care d€partmenis, de' panments for senoualy-bumt patients dd x-ray. The structuE will be som:
plered by Deember 2013. The ccntre is consEucted by the KorEan Iniemhtio- nal Cooleration Agency (KOICA) Ca-
