President George Manneh Weah has commissioned the first-ever Medical Oxygen Plant to build a more robust, responsive, and resilient health sector in Liberia.
In its 175 years of existence, Liberia is celebrating the inauguration of the first-ever state-of-the-art Medical PSA Oxygen Plant with the capacity to produce 100 cylinders (~50Nm3/hour) of medical oxygen per day at 93+3% purity.
The Oxygen Plant located at Star Base on Bushrod Island is the largest in the country and is expected to serve an estimated population of two million inhabitants in Montserrado and Margibi Counties.
Weah, disclosed this while Commissioning the Plant in Liberia.
In his words, “The establishment of the Oxygen Plant Is an excellent mark of good and realistic collaboration between the Government of Liberia with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other strategic partners.
“I thank the Governments of the United States through USAID along with the Federal Republic of Germany, and Canada for providing financial support for the establishment of the Plant.
“I extol Liberia’s partners for collaborating with his government in supporting initiatives geared towards improving healthcare delivery to the people of Liberia.
“We place immense value on this timely support to protect the country against future emerging and re-emerging public health threats.”
The President also expressed profound appreciation to the Governments of the three countries for supporting Liberia in the fight against COVID-19 and strengthening our health system
