EKUSILENI Medical Centre is struggling to raise US$3,4 million needed to upgrade the 200-bed specialist facility to house COVID-19 patients from Bulawayo.
Speaking to the Southern Eye at Ekusileni Medical Centre yesterday #IAM4BYO chairperson Busisa Moyo said the hospital might start taking in patients in July depending on donations received.
Companies such as Edgars, National Tested Seeds, Innscor Africa, and #IAM4BYO in the United States of America among others donated various items to the institution.
He said government had also put in lot of resources towards equipping the centre.
Moyo said the #IAM4BYO initiative also catered for other isolation centres in the city including Mater Dei, Thorngrove, United Bulawayo Hospitals and Mpilo Central Hospital.
