New Walk-in Cooler Room Welcomed For Labasa Hospital
The Labasa Divisional Hospital celebrated the handover of a brand-new walk-in cooler and a -80°C freezer from the Ty-FIVE Consortium last Friday.
Tuesday 07 February 2023 | 04:12
From left: International Vaccine Institute’s Senior Research Scientist Dr Raphael Zellweger, University of Melbourne’s Professor Richard Strugnell and Dr. Aneley Strobel shares a few words with Labasa Hospital’s Serology Laboratory Officer Ashna Sharma.
The Labasa Divisional Hospital celebrated the handover of a brand-new walk-in cooler and a -80°C freezer from the Ty-FIVE Consortium last Friday.
This was possible through a partnership led by the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to reduce typhoid burden in Vanua Levu.
The first-ever walk-in cooler and the -80°C freezer at the hospital were welcomed with a small ceremony attended by the Steering Committee of the Ty-FIVE Consortium, the Medical Superintendent Labasa Hospital Dr Jaoji Vulibeci, Labasa Hospital’s Laboratory Superintendent Makarita Baleinadogo and personnel from Labasa Hospital’s Microbiology Department.
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