Mild drama reportedly ensued at the Coronavirus Lagos Isolation Centre as the 44-year-old Italian man infected with the virus attempted to run away from the Lagos Isolation Centre.
This online news medium gathered that the Patient said he was not pleased with the state of the Medical facility as he complained of the ill-equipped facility and poor treatment he is being given.
We had earlier reported that the the first case of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease was confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria on February 27th. Following the detection, No fewer than 28 persons have been quarantined in Ogun state, southwest Nigeria, as they had contact with the Italian man that tested positive to coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
Speaking to newsmen on Friday on the condition of anonymity a high ranking health worker, decried the ‘very poor quality’ of the isolation centre, lamenting that “the authorities have not matched words with action.”
Recall that the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Obafemi Hamzat, had said on Friday that the state government had built a facility to handle the situation, adding that the patient was getting better.
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He said, “It is a lab that we built that can accommodate 100 for now but it is only one bed that is occupied today. Hopefully it wouldn’t spread. We are ready and we are well equipped. He (the patient) is there and he is getting better. He is steady. The doctors say he is going to be fine.’’ But the health worker told our correspondent that the Coronavirus index case had been “very upset about” the surrounding, adding that the patient “complained of excessive heat and mosquitoes.”
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