Organisation provides Maun with much-needed isolation centre
In a bid to help address the crippling shortage of isolation centres in the town, Project Sanitize Maun has provided accommodation with the capacity for 93 patients.
The organisation, made up of various business entities and individuals in Maun united in the fight against Covid-19, have converted Maun Rest Camp into a District Health Management Team (DHMT) controlled isolation centre.
According to Project Sanitize Maun’s Administration Officer, Anita Lindstrom, the project has cost over P400, 000 including tenting and bedding.
“The isolation centre, which started running last week, has since had about 26 patients. It will accommodate asymptomatic patients only,” explained Lindstrom.
The team are also working with Botswana Wildlife Training Institute to turn their 60-bed barracks into a fully operational isolation centre. When this is complete, it means Project Sanitize will have provided accommodation for 153 patients at a time.
“We are also in a process of establishing a mobile clinic, which will also act as an isolation centre. We are, however, still in talks with the District Commisioner’s office with regard to the project,” revealed Lindstrom, whose enterprise have donated a further P200, 000 worth of sanitizers to date.
The intervention comes at the perfect time for Maun, with Covid-19 cases in the tourist town on the rise.
Last week, The Voice reported that of Maun’s four designated isolation centres, only Botswana Open University – with a capacity for 20 patients – was operational.
According to the most recent figures, which are admittedly two weeks out of date, 168 people in the town had tested positive for Coronavirus. The Voice’s attempts to get more up-to-date statistics proved futile at the time of going to press.
